ICM 48239 1/48 Junkers Ju 88 C-6b Nachtjager

In the beginning of 30s it was appeared in the world an idea of high-speed bomber that could outstrip contemporary fighters. One of the objectifications of this conception became the twin-engine bomber Ju 88 designed by a German Junkers Flugzeug – und Motorenwerke AG company.

Since the spring of 1941 it were produced Ju 88A-4 planes with liquid-cooled Jumo 211J engines of increased power and more powerful armament.

Ju 88C-6b was the 1943 night fighter version of A-4 and differed by setting one MG FF cannon with three MG 17 machine guns in the opaque nose and two MG FF in the ventral gondola. Some planes had 2 more MG FF guns mounted in the fuselage motionless at an angle forward – upward. FuG 202 or FuG 220 radars were also installed.

These  aircraft were used as night fighters in Western and Eastern fronts in 1943 –1945.

Markings

• Junkers 88C-6b, pilot - Lt. Wilhelm Beier, 10./NJG 1, Leeuwarden, October 1942.
  
• Junkers 88C-6b, pilot - Maj. Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Stab.IV/NJG 5, Orel (Russia), Spring 1943.
  
• Junkers 88C-6b, 3./NJG 4, Mainz, March 1944.
  
• Junkers 88C-6b, 6./NJG 2, Kassel, Spring 1944.

Specifications

• Model size (length x width): 316 x 418 mm
  
• Box size: 410 x 260 x 55 mm
  
• Number of details: 250