In July 1943, a disillusioned Romanian pilot flew the aircraft to Cyprus to defect to British forces there. The British Royal Air Force turned over Baksheesh to the U.S. Army Air Forces. After Wright Field test pilots flew the aircraft extensively, the USAAF stored it in the Arizona desert after the end of WWII. Shipped to the museum in January 1960, Baksheesh is painted in the Romanian Air Force markings it carried in July 1943. #avgeek #history | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

🎥 German Ju-88 assembly line during WW2 | World War Aviation

The Ju 88 was somewhat a jack of all trades - bomber, dive bomber, torpedo bomber, night fighter, heavy day fighter. Over 15,000 Ju 88s were manufactured, second only among bombers to the B-24 Liberator. #ww2 #ww2history #ju88 #warbirds #luftwaffe | Daniel J Wheatcroft

The Ju 88 - very much a ‘jack of all trades’ for the Luftwaffe, operating both day and night in counter air and attack roles. Two examples defected during the war, together with their invaluable AI radar equipment. #ww2 #WWII #wwiihistory #ww2history #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft