Junkers Ju 288

what is it?

The Junkers Ju 288, originally known within the Junkers firm as the EF 074, was a German bomber project designed during World War II, which flew only in prototype form. The first aircraft flew on 29 November 1940; 22 development aircraft were eventually produced. The Ju 288 was the winner of the Bomber B contest, although the contest was started by the Junkers firm's submission of the EF 074 and their selection was never really in doubt.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 22.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 655 km/htop speed
• range 2,600 kmwithout refuelling
• size 21.4 tmax take-off weight
• built 22made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 22.7 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 2,600 km: 14× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1940-11-29

number built

22

role

medium bomber

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Junkers Motorenbau und Junkers Flugzeugwerk

engines

2× Daimler-Benz DB 610

crew

4

length

18.2 m

wingspan

22.7 m

height

5 m

max take-off weight

21.4 t

top speed

655 km/h

cruise speed

518 km/h

range

2,600 km

ceiling

10,400 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.