Junkers Ju 88C Day and Nightfighters

An illustrated account of the action-packed combat missions carried out by the Luftwaffe''s powerfully armed Junkers Ju 88C day and nightfighters. The Junkers Ju 88A was the Luftwaffe''s most effective medium bomber during much of World War 2, and its high speed and surprising agility made it an ideal candidate for conversion into a Zerstorer (destroyer) fighter. Initially designed to be used as a long-range bomber escort, the solid-nosed Ju 88C fighter boasted powerful cannon that made the aircraft ideally suited to the nightfighter role. Its unrivalled endurance also meant the Ju 88C could undertake sweeps of the Bay of Biscay from the French Atlantic coast in search of Allied maritime patrol aircraft hunting U-boats. Luftwaffe historian Chris Goss charts the action-packed service history of the Ju 88C through first-hand accounts and combat reports from the crews that flew the twin-engined Zerstorer into combat. Newly commissioned profile artworks and more than 50 photographs of aircraft and crews help detail the aircraft''s conversion from a fast bomber into a deadly heavy fighter that proved to be the scourge of Allied bomber and patrol aircraft.

About the author

Chris Goss is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer who specialised in the 1939-45 air war over northwest Europe and Luftwaffe air operations. He owns a collection of original wartime material and photographs as a result of interviews with veterans and their families. Chris has written more than 25 books that have been critically acclaimed for their research and been published in Swedish, Hungarian, Spanish and Czech as well as in English.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Goss, Chris Goss, Goss Chris, Gareth Hector, Janusz Swiatlon
• Assisted by: Gareth Hector (Illustration), Gareth Hector (Illustration), Hector Gareth (Illustration), Janusz Swiatlon (Illustration), Janusz Swiatlon (Illustration), Swiatlon Janusz (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 21.04.2026
• EAN: 9781472867872
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-6787-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Combat Aircraft
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History, Military vehicles, Second World War, History of engineering and technology, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of engineering & technology, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Aircraft and aviation, Aircraft: general interest, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Air