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AA36702 Junkers Ju 88A-5, Luftwaffe 5./KG 30, "Adler Geschwader", Luftwaffe, Finland, 1941

Limited Edition No. xxxx

“The model is in excellent condition, complete with all parts. The listing photographs are of the model and box being offered for sale and form part of the description.”

This Junker Ju 88A-5 participated in the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. Officially Finland was neutral in the Russo-German war, but in all practical respects Finland had committed herself to join the Barbarossa.

Finnish Defence Forces were fully mobilised and stationed along the eastern border. In northern Finland German ground forces were already operating against the Soviets, and the Luftwaffe was freely using designated Finnish airfields to attack Soviet targets. The Ju 88 was a versatile plane, and Germany's most successful bomber of the war, becoming the Luftwaffe's primary bomber by 1942.

It was used through the end of WWII and many versions were produced, with the Ju 88A variant being the original bomber version, and the D variant was an ultra-long range version of the D variant. Ju 88s were provided to Germany's allies Italy, Hungary, Romania, and Finland too. Kampfgeschwafer 30 "Adler" was formed 15th November 1939 in Greifswald. A Stabs-Staffel existed from April 1940-November 1944. On 23rd November 1944 it was redesignated Stab/KG(J)30 and disbanded on 18th April 1945.