Junkers Ju 88D-1 - Trop FE-1598

Junkers Ju 88D-1 / Trop FE-1598 (Werk Nr. 430650, ex HK959, named Baksheesh'), ex Royal Romanian Air Force. In outdoor storage - display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. This is a long-range, photographic reconnaissance aircraft that was in the service of the Royal Romanian Air Force. On 22 July 1943, it was flown to Cyprus by a Romanian pilot who wanted to defect to the British forces on the island. Four Hurricanes from No. 127 Squadron escorted it to the airfield at Tobruk. Given the name Baksheesh, it was allocated the RAF serial number HK959 and test-flown in Egypt. However, by this point in the war, the RAF had already acquired three Ju 88s in flying condition and Baksheesh was handed over to the U.S. Army Air Force, who flew it across the South Atlantic to Wright Field

430650 Acquired Allocated Baksheesh Cyprus Defect Escorted Fe-1598 Flew Flown Handed Hk959 However Hurricanes Junkers Long-range Reconnaissance Romanian Test-flown Trop Werk

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