Talk:Junkers Ju 388
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hi, is there any evidence for that: "When the performance estimates of the B-29 Superfortress first started reaching German ears in late 1942, panic broke out in the Luftwaffe."?
is it not more scientific like this: "The Ju-388 was a response to urgent demands in 1943, as the air war over Germany increased in ferocity, for very much higher ceiling, speed, and payload. The new design anticipated future arrival over Germany of the new American B-29 bomber, expected to attack from above 35,000 ft." ?
source: http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/junkers_388.htm
at least this is deleted: "A meeting was called at the Messerschmitt factory in Augsburg, and an answer was hammered out. The fighter solution quickly settled on the Focke-Wulf Ta 152H, based on the already successful Fw 190D's with longer wings and the high-altitude E model of the Junkers Jumo 213 engine. A back-up in the form of the Messerschmitt Me 155B would also be funded at a lower priority."
hard to imagine how a meeting at the "messerschmitt factory" can result in a Ta 152 and a Ju 388...
lumino
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This article reads like completely coming from the (very unreliable) literature. Did you use any files from archives? If not, then it it is necessary be very careful. Files from the Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv Freiburg tell a different story: There has not been any series production for the Ju 388 J-1, there was only 1 K-1 built by ATG in Juley 1944, the L-1 had 69 built from June 1944 to February 1945, but no L-2. I could also not find any hints that the Ju 388 was used operationally. Some planes were delivered to Rechlin or to Chef Technische Luftrüstung for evaluation, but most went to works for installation of equipment, but from these works only two were completed.
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Diethelm Duck
