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 (30,865 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Junkers Jumo 211J liquid-cooled inverted V-12, 1,044 kW (1,420 PS, 1,401 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 510 km/h (317 mph) at 5,300 m (17,388 ft) without external bomb racks
- Range: 2,430 km (1,429 mi) maximum internal fuel
- Service ceiling: 9,000 m (29,500 ft) at average weight, without bombs
Armament
- Guns:
- 1 × 7.92 mm MG 81J machine gun on flexible mount in front windscreen, firing forward with 1,000 rounds
- 2 × 7.92 mm MG 81J on flexible mounts in back of the cockpit firing to the rear with 1,000 rounds each
- 1 × 7.92 MG 81Z twin machine guns in the gondola under the cockpit firing to the rear with 3,000 rounds in total.
- Bombs:
- 900 kilograms (2,000 lb) in the main internal bomb bay.
- 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) in the secondary bay created by removing fuel tanks. The lower fuel level reduced range greatly and the extra weight degraded the aircraft's performance characteristics.
- Up to 3,000 kilograms (6,600 lb) minus the internal load could be carried externally. Carrying bombs externally increased weight and drag and degraded performance still further. Carrying the maximum load required rocket-assisted take-off.
