Osprey - Com 146 - Junkers Ju 188 Units of World War 2 (Robert Forsyth) - HQ.pdf

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER TWO
ENTER THE ‘E’
CHAPTER THREE
SERVICE DEBUT
CHAPTER FOUR
FROM THE ARCTIC TO AFRICA
CHAPTER FIVE
REACTIVE DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER SIX
TARGET ENGLAND
CHAPTER SEVEN
EBBING TIDE
APPENDICES
COLOUR PLATES COMMENTARY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHAPTER ONE
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
F
or good reason, the name ‘Junkers’ is synonymous with German inter-war
and wartime aviation. During the 1920s and 1930s, the Junkers
Flugzeugwerke based in the Saxony–Anhalt town of Dessau, at the junctions
of the Mulde and Elbe rivers, built a series of all-metal aircraft, including the
single-engined F 13 (the world’s first metal airliner) and several other
successful, if short-lived, commercial machines. The F 13 saw service in
more than 30 countries, while the firm’s later, larger, three-engined G 24 won
international recognition when two examples made a long-range, route-
proving flight from Berlin, across Siberia, to the Far East.
A wind tunnel model of the Ju 85 project from the late 1930s showing a long, tapered
fuselage, twin vertical stabilisers (to aid installation of rear guns), ventral gondola and raised
cockpit canopy. Although not connected directly to the Ju 188, it would serve as inspiration to
Dipl.-Ing.
Ernst Zindel when he worked on that design (EN
Archive)
The corrugated Duralumin with which Junkers built its early aircraft
proved a very suitable material, and although parasitic drag was more of a
problem than with smooth skins, it was not too much of an issue when
considering the relatively low aircraft speeds of the time. This philosophy
eventually manifested itself in the Ju 52/3m airliner/transport, which would
serve as a beacon for German aeronautical design, engineering and reliability.
For several years, as a result of the Ju 52/3m, the German national airline

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