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and here we hit the Ju-88 listed performance snag once again.
If you want the 379mph speed you need the GM-1 system. And that is without external load.
If you want the 38,000ft ceiling you need the GM-1 system.
Trouble is the GM-1 system sucks up the space in one of the bomb bays (the rear).
Range on normal fuel (369imp gal, no bomb bay tanks) is just under 800 miles at 289mph.
Forward bay holds 14 143lb bombs.
Now if you want more range you can fit a 268imp gallon tank in the forward bay but then you are limited to two external bomb racks and the speed goes to pot.
You can get the Ju 88S-1 to go 1140 miles or so at 328mph at 18,000ft but that requires no outside bombs and no GM-1 system and no inside bombs because both bomb bays are full of fuel tanks. Max speed is now 340mph with out the GM-1 system.
The JU-88S-1 has quite a variety of options but because it is a smaller plane it really has to trade one option against another.
Would the A-20 have been a better comparison to the Ju88?
Perhaps the Do-217 would have been a better comparison with the A-26. Would the A-20 have been a better comparison to the Ju88?