Junkers Ju88a1
Title
Junkers Ju88a1
Description
A view of a flying Ju 88 and on the reverse details of the aircraft and three silhouettes.
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One double sided printed card
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MDarbyCAH927893-180202-010003, MDarbyCAH927893-180202-010004
Transcription
[photograph]
VALENTINE’S “AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION” CARDS
Reproduced From “The Aeroplane”
VALENTINE & SONS, LTD.,
DUNDEE and LONDON.
Printed in Gt. Britain.
[page break]
“THE PROFICIENCY TEST” SERIES.” No. – 45
JUNKERS Ju 88A1.
GERMAN DIVE BOMBER.
Two 1,200 h.p. Junkers Jumo 211A liquid cooled motors. All metal construction with stressed metal covering. Six movable machine guns. Undercarriage retracts backwards, and wheels turn flat into motor nacelles. Retractable tail wheel. Bomb load four 550 lb. on external racks for dive bombing or sixteen 110 lb. each.
Dimensions. – Span, 59 ft.; length, 46 ft. 6 in.; height, 15 ft. 5 in.; wing area, 540 sq. ft.
Weight. – Loaded 25,000 lb.
Performance. – Max. speed, 317 m.p.h. at 15,600 ft.; range. 1,310 miles at 264 m.p.h.; service ceiling, 29,800 ft.
[diagram]
[diagram]
[diagram]
THESE DRAWINGS, REPRODUCED FROM “AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION,” ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF “THE AEROPLANE.”
RECOGNITION POINTS. – Low-wing cantilever monoplane. Radial cowlings behind airscrew spinners. Rounded nose with flat glazed panels, cockpit enclosure on top of fuselage. Swept back angular wings. Big single fin and rudder. Tail plane in front of fin. Long motors.
VALENTINE’S “AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION” CARDS
Reproduced From “The Aeroplane”
VALENTINE & SONS, LTD.,
DUNDEE and LONDON.
Printed in Gt. Britain.
[page break]
“THE PROFICIENCY TEST” SERIES.” No. – 45
JUNKERS Ju 88A1.
GERMAN DIVE BOMBER.
Two 1,200 h.p. Junkers Jumo 211A liquid cooled motors. All metal construction with stressed metal covering. Six movable machine guns. Undercarriage retracts backwards, and wheels turn flat into motor nacelles. Retractable tail wheel. Bomb load four 550 lb. on external racks for dive bombing or sixteen 110 lb. each.
Dimensions. – Span, 59 ft.; length, 46 ft. 6 in.; height, 15 ft. 5 in.; wing area, 540 sq. ft.
Weight. – Loaded 25,000 lb.
Performance. – Max. speed, 317 m.p.h. at 15,600 ft.; range. 1,310 miles at 264 m.p.h.; service ceiling, 29,800 ft.
[diagram]
[diagram]
[diagram]
THESE DRAWINGS, REPRODUCED FROM “AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION,” ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF “THE AEROPLANE.”
RECOGNITION POINTS. – Low-wing cantilever monoplane. Radial cowlings behind airscrew spinners. Rounded nose with flat glazed panels, cockpit enclosure on top of fuselage. Swept back angular wings. Big single fin and rudder. Tail plane in front of fin. Long motors.
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Citation
Valentine & Sons, “Junkers Ju88a1,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed September 27, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/39646.
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