Origin: Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG, dispersed among 14 plants with subcontract or assembly by ATG, Opel, Volkswagen and various French groups
Type: military aircraft designed as divebomber but developed for level bombing, close-support, nightfighting, torpedo launching, reconnaissance and pilotless missile
Engine: (A-4) two 1,340hp Junkers Jumo 211J 12-cylinder inverted-vee liquid-cooled, (S-1) two 1,700hp BMW 801G 18-cylinder two-row radials
Armament: (A-4) two 7.92mm MG 81 (or one MG 81 and one 13mm MG 131) firing forward, twin MG 81 or one MG 131 upper rear, one or two MG 81 at rear of ventral gondola and (later models) two MG 81 at front of gondola; (S-1) one MG 131 (500 rounds) swivelling in rear roof, bomb loads 500kg internal and four external racks rated at 1,000kg (inners) and 500kg (outers) to maximum total bomb load of 3,000kg, (S-1) up to 2,000kg on external racks
Speed: maximum speed (A-4) 433km/h, (S-1) 600km/h
Climb: initial climb (A-4) 400m/minute, (S-1) 550m/minute
Ceiling: service ceiling (A-4) 8,200m; (S-1) 11,000m
Range: (A-4) 1,790km, (S-1) 2,000km
Weight: empty (A-4) 8,000kg, (S-1) 8,318kg; maximum loaded (A-4) 14,000kg, (S-1) 10,490kg
Wingspan: 20.13m (early versions 18.26m)
Length: 14.4m
Height: 4.85m
Crew: five/six
History: first flight (Ju 88V1) 21 December 1936, (first Ju 88A-1) 7 September 1939, (S series) late 1943, final deliveries, only as factories were overrun by Allies
Users: Bulgaria (briefly), Finland, Germany (Luftwaffe), Hungary, Italy, Romania

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