Restored and fin and rudder of 0880119 in the RLM70/71/65 scheme. The code 'U4' and the Balkenkreuz are almost as found during recovery in August 2004.
On 15 April, 1940, ‘U4+TK’ took part in KG30’s first mission from the frozen Jonsvatnet to attack installations at Namsos airfield. By the end of that month, the probably unserviceable Ju 88 sank to the bottom of the lake.
On 13 April, 1942, after attacking Sovjet merchant vessels north of Hammerfest, ‘4D+AM’ of 4./KG 30, ran out of fuel. The crew abandoned the aircraft. 'AM' came down on high ground near Garddevarre, between Hammerfest and her base at Banak, Lakselv.
Ju 88 0881478 is on display at Bodø in the condition as found at the time of her recovery in 1988. On the port side of the fuselage the faint letters of a part of the Stammkennzeichen ‘BH+QQ’ can be discerned.
This 11./NJG 3 nightfighter landed at RAF Dyce on 9 May 1943. The R-1 with the then state of the art Lichtenstein FuG 202 AI radar was evaluated extensively at RAE Farnborough. Later, in May 1944, PJ876 joined 1426 Flight at RAF Collyweston.