Further to postwar use of Axis aircraft. Here are postwar pics (LOTS OF THEM) of ...

[Waldo.Pepper]

Further to postwar use of Axis aircraft. Here are postwar pics (LOTS OF THEM) of French (mostly Navy) use of Ju-88 and Ju-188's.

Took me a few days to dig them up from a stack of discs.

Pity they didn't keep some of them for museums, etc.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028658839.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028658779.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028658730.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028658706.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028658619.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028658591.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028658441.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028658355.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028836889.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028836786.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028721287.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028720240.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028720144.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028720073.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028712682.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028712654.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028712621.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028712321.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028690974.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028690475.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028674149.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/WaldoPepper/French%20Junkers/1028658898.jpg

[Jaws2002]

Awesome. Thx Waldo. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/11.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/11.gif

The 88 was a really fine bird. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/inlove.gif

[triad773]

Interesting to see that there were so many left.

Great post http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[woofiedog]

Extremely Mint photo's... Thank's for posting.

Japanese Aircraft used by the French (http://hedgehoghollow.com/awoic/japan.html)

French Counter-Insurgency Aircraft, 1946-1965 (http://worldatwar.net/chandelle/v3/v3n1/frcoin.html)

[JG52Uther]

Excellent!Thanks for posting!
As for the reason they were not kept for museums,I imagine they were just considered so much junk. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-sad.gif

[Heliopause]

Great stuff, thanks for sharing!

[JG6_Oddball]

great pics, 3 years after the war and 1 88 still has a swastika on it http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/1072.gif how does that go unoticed.

S!

[Jure_502]

Great pics. Really thx for sharing. Never knew that SO MANY German aircraft were used after the war.

[Blutarski2004]

Some highly interesting photos!

A Ju-88 with what appears to be an early guided AT rocket underwing.

A Ju-88 in flight with what appear to be underwing jet pods.

A Ju-88 with a Fritz X guided anti-ship bomb hanging on the fuselage bomb rack.


Very coooool. Thanks for posting these.

[-HH- Beebop]

Good stuff Waldo! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/25.gif Thanks!