Increase in Night Fighter Armament of the Junkers 88

U.S. intelligence report and photographs of the Ju 88 night fighter ventral gondola armed with four 20mm guns, from Informational Intelligence Summary, No. 44-29, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 1944.

INCREASE IN NIGHT FIGHTER ARMAMENT OF THE JUNKERS 88

The previously-reported forward-firing of armament of the Ju 88 night fighter version was 3 x 7.9mm and 3 x 20mm guns. Two of the 20mm cannon were placed in a ventral gondola. In a night fighter recently captured in France this armament had been increased by the addition of two 20mm in a streamlined ventral gondola. Front and side views of the 4-cannon gondola appear as Figs. 6 and 7.

Ju 88 Night Fighter Ventral Gondola 20mm Cannon

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1 Response to Increase in Night Fighter Armament of the Junkers 88

  1. drummerdude says:

    Was the Ju88G version. Not sure it ever had the 2 MGs.

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