[GrahamB]

Hi,

while I've not seen the latest 'Im Focus Special', the aircraft sounds like two that are shown in Manfred Griehl's 'Junkers Ju 88 - Star of the Luftwaffe', page79 (I think the bottom photo of an aircraft with the early unbalanced rudder shows a S/T style beetle-nose). Manfred identifies these as 'D' variants. Also, according to the author (page 34), the "A-6/U" designation did not officially exist (probably like the G6a, G6b, G6c identifiers), and the ex A-6 'Kuto-Nase' aircraft were converted to A-5 status (later A-4) or developed into the anti-shipping "A6/U" that were actually redesignated A-7. This number also referred to a trainer version.

Cheers

Graham