
Originally Posted by
Deckard
True, but THIS particular Ju88 was an experimental version fitted with a dive break in trials for dive bombing, hence the double tailplane and the large protruberence behind the plane, which is the dive brake.
In practice the plane proved too unweildy to pull out of a dive and never saw frontline duty. Only one was ever built, as converting the airframe proved to costly. The prototype plane suffered metal fatigue stress fractures and collapsed whilst taxiing shortly after one of its test flights.