- Junkers Ju 488
infobox Aircraft
name =Ju 488
type =Heavy bomber
manufacturer =Junkers
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designer =
first flight =
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retired =
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primary user =Luftwaffe
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produced =
number built =2
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developed from =Junkers Ju 188 Junkers Ju 288 Junkers Ju 388
variants with their own articles =The Junkers Ju 488 was a proposed heavy strategic
bomber , to be used by Germany inWorld War II , the project never got past theprototype stage.In an effort to produce an advanced four engined strategic bomber for the
Luftwaffe , a proposal was made by Junkers during1944 to create a simplified design by combining sub-assemblies of the Ju 188, Ju 288, and Ju 388 to new wing and fuselage assemblies. This would result in a sleek aircraft with a length of almost 20.4 m (67 feet) and a wingspan of nearly 31.4 m (103 feet). The Ju 488 was to be initially powered by fourBMW 801 J radial engines. Later versions were to be powered by four Jumo 222 engines. The first two prototypes, Ju 488 V401 and V402 had fuselage sections constructed at the Latécoère factory inFrance , while the other components were being prepared at Junkers factories in Germany. The Ju 488 V401 and V402 fuselages were completed by 1944, but were damaged by French resistance on 16 July, 1944. Construction of four more prototypes, the V403 to V406, continued at low priority and were not finished by the end of the war.pecifications (Ju 488A)
aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
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crew=3
capacity=
payload main=
payload alt=
length main=23.24 m
length alt=76 ft 3 in
span main=31.28 m
span alt=102 ft 7¾ in
height main=6.09 m
height alt=20 ft 0 in
area main=88.00 m²
area alt=947.22 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main=21,000 kg
empty weight alt=46,297 lb
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main=36,000 kg
max takeoff weight alt=79,366 lb
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engine (prop)=Junkers Jumo 222A-3/B-3
type of prop=24-cylinder liquid cooled engine
number of props=4
power main=1,864 kW
power alt=2,500 hp
power original=
max speed main=690 km/h at 7,200 m
max speed alt=429 mph at 23,620 ft
cruise speed main=487 km/h
cruise speed alt=303 mph
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never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
range main=3,395 km
range alt=2,110 miles
ceiling main=11,350 m
ceiling alt=37,240 ft
climb rate main=551 m/min
climb rate alt=1,810 ft/min
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loading alt=
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armament=
* 2 × 20 mmMG 151 cannon in dorsal barbette
* 2 × 13 mmMG 131 machine gun in tail barbette
* up to 5,000 kg (11,023 lb) of disposable stores in internal bay
avionics=References
* Filly, Brian. "Junkers Ju 88 in Action, part 2". Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1991.
* Green, William. "Warpanes of the Third Reich". London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1970. ISBN 0-356-02382-6.
* Smith, J.R. and Kay, Anthony. "German Aircraft of the Second World War". London: Putnam and Company, Ltd., 1972. ISBN 0-370-00024-2.
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