The JU-88 was developed as a dive-bomber and adapted for use as a medium bomber and was used throughout WWII by the German Luftwaffe. The versatile JU-88 was also found to be a rugged airplane that could be adapted to many missions not originally envisioned when first designed. One adaptation to the JU-88 was a heavily armed fighter used to defend the Reich as the allied air offensive against Germany progressed. The new Minicraft JU-88C features the early solid nose JU-88C with forward firing gun armament and new markings representing defense of the Reich markings.