[Rottler]

Hello Richard,

the cloud of soot should protect a bomber against fighter attack from behind obscuring the view of the fighter pilot and also completely cover the aircraft’s windscreen in soot, making the fighter blind.
The fifth picture shows the Ju 88 A-4 WNr. 1050. This aircraft was flown by the Gruppenkommandeur of I./KG 51 Hptm Heinrich Hahn. It was equipped with the flamethrowers in October/November 1941 during the Russian campaign.
On 3 Feb 1942 Hptm Hahn was killed during a courier flight when the plane crashed at the Tiraspol airfield in Moldavia. The flamethrower Ju 88 was completely destroyed.
Sources:
Luftwaffe im Focus Edition No. 19 „The Ju 88 Flamethrower Aircraft of I./KG 51“
Gen.Qu. loss return 19 Feb 1942 item 36.

Regards
Leo