One of the raiders on that April night was Ju 88 A-5 Werke Nr. 8138, Code B3+IN of II Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 54, based at Saint-André-de-l'Eure in the Normandy region of northern France. This aircraft was one of seven Ju 88s from II/KG 54 taking part in the raid and it took off on the evening of Monday the 7th April loaded with two SC500
English: Ju 88 R-1 nightfighter, Werknummer 360043, in the RAF museum at RAF Hendon. This aircraft is well known because of its crew defecting to the UK in 1943. The antennae of the FuG 202 Lichtenstein B/C radar (ITU-classificatio: Radiolocation land station in the radiolocation service) installation can be seen; although these particular items are replicas, as the entire radar system wasDeveloped from converted fighter versions of the Ju 88A-4 medium bomber, the Ju 88G would take up a growing role in the German night fighter force, as it saw
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