#ju 88

[deutschland-im-krieg]

Junkers Ju 88 night fighters awaiting scrapping at Grove airfield in Denmark, 2 August 1945. For more, see my Facebook group - Eagles Of The Reich

[theworldatwar]

A German Junkers 88 from I./LG1 gets ready for another mission - Gerbini, Sicily, Summer 1942

[usafphantom2]

2nd June, 1943. A Sunderland flying boat of 461 Squadron RAAF, searching for survivors of BOAC Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay, was attacked by 8 Junkers 88Cs of KG40. In the ensuing engagement, the Sunderland was severely damaged but managed to limp back to crash land in Cornwall. 3 Ju88s were claimed shot down by the gunners.

Pictured:

L) Sunderland of 461 Squadron on its beaching trolley at Pembroke Dock, Wales. Of the 11 crewmen aboard the aircraft involved on 2nd June, one was killed and several wounded. A DFC, DSO and two DFMs were awarded, as well as a Mention in Dispatches. Eight of the men returned to operational flying the following month, but all were lost with their Sunderland on 13th August 1943 following another Ju88 attack.

📷 Australian War Memorial UK0121

R) Junkers 88Cs of KG40 in flight. These heavily armed long range fighters caused significant losses among Coastal Command aircraft. Research into Luftwaffe records suggests that no Ju88s were in fact lost by KG40 on 2nd June, though they do confirm that a lengthy engagement took place. This does not in any way diminish the achievement of the Sunderland’s crew in fending off a determined attack and managing to return to base. Interestingly, one of the German pilots, Lt Friedrich Maeder, also claimed to have brought the Sunderland down!

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@JamieMctrusty via X

[junkerju88]

Junkers Ju 88

Pilote et navigateur d'un Junkers Ju 88 – Décembre 1943

[italianiinguerra]

80 anni fa, a Bari si verifica il più grande disastro chimico del secondo conflitto mondiale

La città di Bari era stata occupata dalle forze britanniche l’11 settembre 1943 durante la campagna d’Italia iniziata con l’invasione della Sicilia del 10 luglio dello stesso anno. Dopo lo sbarco sul continente, il porto della città diventa di fondamentale importanza per gli eserciti alleati che risalgono la penisola. Esso è il nodo principale dell’organizzazione logistica dell’VIII armata…

[junkerju88]

Junkers Ju 88

[deutschland-im-krieg]

Focke-Wulf Fw 190A/Junkers Ju 88A Mistel, Germany, post-war. For more, see my Facebook group - Eagles Of The Reich

[junkerju88]

Junkers Ju 88

[tanadrin]

but i take a pretty dim view of the modern conception of citizenship in the first place. anybody should be able to participate politically in the life of the polity they live in and work in and pay taxes in; we tolerate some 200-odd apartheid regimes worldwide because most of them are comparatively soft--it is at least possible under law to be naturalized in the United States, or Mexico, or Canada, or Sweden, and so forth, and many countries also observe various jus soli rules that mean children can become citizens of the place they were born. (the absolute jus soli of the United States is rare, and should be treasured.)

in only a few places like qatar are those regimes not only harder, but taken to an absurd extreme: you can have a country so dependent on "foreigners" that 88% of the country is "foreign"--that it would instantly collapse if everybody there went back to their "home" country!--but which still denies the people its entire economy, its basic infrastructure, is dependent on the right of political participation. there are sections of the economy of some large states dependent on migrant labor (agriculture in many parts of the US is one example), but if every "foreigner" left Qatar or Kuwait or the UAE, it would be a catastrophe on par with the country being nuked. plagues don't kill nine in ten inhabitants of a country, outside science fiction scenarios. this is not citizenship on the modern model; it's not even citizenship on the ancient model, outside of, like, Sparta.

[usafphantom2]

Guarding the burning remains of a Junkers Ju 88 shot down during attacks on airfields in Yorkshire on 15 August 1940. (Photo source - © IWM HU 63859)

Colour by RJM

@WW2airfields via X

[gurorori]

watched graveyard of the fireflies...

[junkerju88]

Junkers Ju 88

Ground crew refuel Junkers Ju-88

[de-gueules-au-lion-d-or]

[tomcat-tango]

for OG Lutzi boi:

☠ - angry/violent headcanon

☮ - friendship headcanon

ൠ - random headcanon

☠ - angry/violent headcanon Oh you gonna disappear in a dark hallway/alleyway. Your remains will be found in approx 3-5 business days when he tells Delta/people find where that smell is coming from. ☮ - friendship headcanon Lutz prefers quieter people, but he'll make acceptions. He's the quiet friend who'll give you a hand if you need it. Will come out of left field with his humor. ൠ - random headcanon If you tell Lutz to catch something he's gonna watch it sail through the air and hit the ground. He thinks its funny.

[junkerju88]

Junkers Ju 88

[junkerju88]

Junkers Ju 88

2048x1965 Un Junkers Ju 88 de construcción alemana operado por la F. A. Finlandesa. Guerra de Continuación 1941-44 (Jatkosota/ Continuation War). Foto coloreada, quizá de origen.