Wingleader Photo Archive 49. Junkers 88 A1/A5

In the early days of this Photo Archive series, we published a trilogy of volumes on the Me109 in the Battle of Britain and a single volume on the He111 also in the Battle of Britain. At the time, we struggled to find high quality photos for these books, so we made them more about the units rather than the aircraft detail itself. They sold well, but didn’t quite fit in with the style of the WPA series, so we’ve avoided doing any more Luftwaffe subjects until we managed to source more high-res photos.

That day has finally arrived, as we recently negotiated the sale of several thousand PK (Propaganda Company) photos taken by official Luftwaffe photographers with close up access to the aircraft and aircrew.

This therefore is the first Luftwaffe book in the traditional WPA style. Filled with high-res and detailed images of the ubiquitous Ju88, it really is an essential guide to anyone modelling this classic German bomber. There are some great close ups of the incredibly cramped cockpit interior as well as detailed shots of the underwing bomb racks and undercarriage etc.

The Ju88 was the most technically advanced of the Luftwaffe’s twin-engined bombers of 1940. Whilst it would be easy to get carried away by including details of the many electrical, hydraulic, and fuel systems etc, we have stayed true to the concept of providing the modeller with what you need. For the sake of clarity for our mostly English-speaking readership, we have for the most part, deliberately refrained from using German language terminology.