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Ju-88 in dive-bombing mode.

Cover of "Signal", 2nd issue, September 1940 (French language edition). Caption reads: "Le JU 88. Le bombardier de vol horizontal et vol en piqué le plus moderne de notre aviation." "Most modern", perhaps but, as far as dive-bombing was concerned, this must be an illustration of the madness of the obsession with the dive-bombing capacity of prospective Luftwaffe aeroplanes shared by Goering and Udet, that had little regard for the size of the aircraft or its utility in other roles. I really would hate have to pilot an aircraft of this type in a calculated steep dive ... a Stuka would have been bad enough! JR.