Luftwaffe in color Farbe Film JU 88 Lied Junkers German bomber

Video to share the 'JU (Junkers) 88 Lied' German Luftwaffe song along with colour footage of mostly the bombers of the German Luftwaffe (air force).

Some information so you'll learn something;),

The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II Luftwaffe twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. Designed by Hugo Junkers' Junkers company in the mid-1930s, it suffered from a number of technical problems during the later stages of its development and early operational roles, but became one of the most versatile combat aircraft of the war. Like a number of other Luftwaffe bombers, it was used successfully as a bomber, dive bomber, night fighter, torpedo bomber, reconnaissance aircraft, heavy fighter, and even as a flying warhead during the closing stages of conflict. Despite its protracted development, the aircraft became one of the Luftwaffe's most crucial assets. There were 15,000 Ju 88s built during World War II, more than any other twin-engine German aircraft of the period.

Specifications Ju 88 A-4

General characteristics * Crew: 4 * Length: 14.36 m (47 ft 2⅞ in) * Wingspan: 20.08 m (65.88 ft) * Height: 5.07 m (16.63 ft) * Wing area: 54.7 m² (587 ft²) * Loaded weight: 8,550 kg (18,832 lb) * Max takeoff weight: 14,000 kg[39] (30,865 lb) * Power plant: 2× Junkers Jumo 211J [40] liquid-cooled inverted V-12, 1,044 kW (1,420 PS, 1,401 hp) each

Performance * Maximum speed: 510 km/h (without external bomb racks)[39] (317 mph) at 5,300 m (17,388 ft) * Range: 2,430 km (max internal fuel)[39] (1,429 mi) * Service ceiling: 9,000 m (at average weight, without bombs) (29,500 ft)

Armament * Guns: * Standard armament o 1 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 81J single, flexible machine gun in A-Stand in the windscreen, firing forward from both main cockpit windscreen glazing, with 1,000 rounds of ammunition. This gun could be also fixed for strafing attacks. o 2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 81J single, flexible machine gun in the armored B-Stand at the rear of the main cockpit, in two separate mounts covering the upper rear hemisphere, with 1,000 rpg (2,000 in total)[42] o 1 × 7.92 (.312 in) MG 81Z twin, flexible machine guns in the armored Bola gondola under the cockpit, covering the lower rear hemisphere, with 1,500 rpg (3,000 in total). * Optional gun armament o Additional fitting of single 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15 machine guns, one to each side of the cockpit glazing in flexible "Donut" mountings, covering the side hemisphere. o Additional fitting of a single 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15, MG 81J (on occasion a twin MG 81Z) or 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine gun in A-Stand in the lower nose glazing. o A single 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 was sometimes used in place of the 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 81J or MG 81Z machine guns in the A-Stand, B-Stand or Bola gondola positions. o A modification of the A-4, the Ju 88A-13s could carry the WB 81A or WB 81B (firing with 15° downwards deflection) gun pods on external bomb racks, each "watering can" containing three 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 81Z twin machine guns, for strafing enemy troops. o Aircraft may carry one 20 mm MG FF cannon in the nose for ground attack purposes, with 90 rounds of ammunition, in place of the Lotfernrohr 7 bombsight * Bombs: Max load 3,000 kg (6,614 lb), 3,600 kg (7,937 lb) with overload. Variations: o 28 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs in forward and rear internal bomb bay. o 28 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs in forward and rear internal bomb bay and 6 × 250 kg (551 lb) bombs externally. o 28 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs in forward and rear internal bomb bay and 2 × 500 kg (1,102 lb) bombs externally. o 10 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs in rear internal bomb bay and 4 × 250 kg (551 lb) bombs externally. o 6 × 250 kg (551 lb) bombs externally. o 4 × 500 kg (1,102 lb) bombs externally. o 2 × 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) bombs externally. o 2 × 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) and 2 × 500 kg (1,105 lb) bombs externally. o 2 × 1,400 kg (3,086 lb) bombs externally. o 1 or 2 × 1,800 kg (3,965 lb) bombs externally. o 2 × 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) LMA and 2 × 500 kg (1,102 lb) LMB sea mines externally. o 2 × LT aerial torpedoes

I've searched for the lyrics but I can't find them unfortunately. Please tell me if you know them!

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[BAKERAGUSTINIANO]

very good footage and info about the JU88. do you know if there are survivors or airworthy machines today?

[itseasyforyou]

Thanks, I'm sure there are some left! Probably a lot in the USA air museums!

[petekilde]

Excellent Willem!5*

[itseasyforyou]

thanks Pete

[Nazionalistul]

Superbe video, thanks friend.Nowadays more than ever the youth needs to discover the courage and heroism of its grandfathers

[itseasyforyou]

thank you

[TtimWh]

@Nazionalistul well said. 

[megasanjuanino]

Video de gran calidad, mostrando las bondades del super bombardero Junkers Ju 88.

[ThunderHenshin32]

@BAKERAGUSTINIANO there's survivors, at least 14 although only 2 were completely intact. Mostly the crews of these two intact Ju-88s surrendered their aircraft to the Allies. So they're fully preserved and can be seen in museums today. Others were wreckage either recovered underwater or land due to combat losses.

One of two fully intact Ju-88 can be found in US Air force Museum in Ohio. The other one can be found in RAF museum, in UK. Not sure if these two were still flyable.

[tractionavantable]

these grandfathers were murderers.

[SeasideDreamer1]

Nice movie!But its not only about Ju 88. I saw He 111, B f110, Ju 52 and Do 17Z also

[mathias2992]

I'd love to know the lyrics. :)

[ichmalealsobinich]

schöne Farbaufnahmen sind das

[davidgrahamscott]

Going to film one of these tomorrow at an RAF museum!

[Vanyaaynav]

@jagerfaust2009 In Russia too there live many ethnic Germans-it since great Ekaterina's times 2. It was the ethnic German. In structure of red army battled one million four hundred thousand ethnic Germans in WW2

[Aerobix]

a german is proud of his leading position in technology and warmachine...but we are no more proud to be nazis ;) greetings from wewelsburg