In July 1943, a disillusioned Romanian pilot flew the aircraft to Cyprus to defect to British forces there. The British Royal Air Force turned over Baksheesh to the U.S. Army Air Forces. After Wright Field test pilots flew the aircraft extensively, the USAAF stored it in the Arizona desert after the end of WWII. Shipped to the museum in January 1960, Baksheesh is painted in the Romanian Air Force markings it carried in July 1943. #avgeek #history | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Junkers Ju88R-1 PJ876 entered service early 1943 and was an interim development of the C-6 fighter variant and most were radar fitted for the night fighter role. #ww2 #aviation | World War II Aircraft

A captured German Junkers Ju 88 A5 filmed in flight for a 1943 RAF aircraft recognition study. The RAF Film Production Unit produced many similar studies during the war. Find them here: https://bit.ly/3HVNMXU Film: IWM ARY 7-25 | Imperial War Museum London

Junkers Ju 88 at The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, one of only two Ju 88s captured intact. #ww2 #ww2history #junkers #wwii #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft