21. April 1943 styrtet en Junker JU 88 utenfor Rødvig i Danmark. Dette flyet tilhørte Flugzeugfuhrerschule B34 på Kastrup i Danmark, og flyet var ute for å trene på blindflyvning. Ombord på flyet var det fire mann, og alle sammen omkom under ulykken. De ble senere gravlagt i København. Vraket av denne JU88 hviler idag på en dybde av tjuefire til tjueåtte meter. Selve flyet er fortsatt temmelig intakt, men fremre del av cockpiten ble ødelagt under ulykken...


21. April 1943 a Junker JU 88 crashes outside Rødvig in Denamrk. This airplane belonged to Flugzeugfuhrerschule B34 on Kastrup in Denmark, and the airplane was out to train on blind flying. On board the airplane there were four men, and all of them perished under the accident. They were later buried in Copenhagen. The wreck of this JU88 rest today on a depth of twenty four to twenty eight meters. The plane itself is still fairly intact, but the foremost part of the cocopit was destroyed under the accident... 

 

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Junker JU 88
 
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Prod. year 1939
Num. Produced: 14,676 ( total production )
Powerplant (2) 1,400 hp Junkers Jumo 211 J, 12 Cyl. Inverted Vee liquid-cooled inline piston engine
max speed: 295 mph (472 kmh) @ 17,500 ft (5340 m)
Initial climb 761 ft (232 m) / min.
Service cieling 27,000 ft (8235 m)
Range 650 nm (1040 km)
Empty 21,736 lb (9860 kg)
Loaded 31,000 lb (14075 kg)
Dimensions
span 65 ft 10 in (20.00 m)
length 47 ft 1 in (14.40 m)
height 15 ft 11 in (4.80 m)
wing area 590 sq ft (54.5 m2)
Armament guns
Nose Mounted: 1 x 7.9 mm MG 81(pilot) 1 or 2 x 7.9 mm MG 81(bombardier) Lower Rear Firing Position: 1 x 7.9 mm MG 81machine gun or 1 x 13 mm MG 131 machine gun plus twin 7.9 mm MG 81 machine gun
Bomb / rocket load
Inboard Wing Racks (2): up to 2,200 lb bomb or torpedo per rack or fuel tanks Outboard Wing Racks (2): up to 1,100 lb bomb per rack Internal Racks (10): up to 220 lb bomb per rack



Edited 29.06.2007