The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the " Stuka ", [b] is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in 1935. The Ju 87 made its combat debut in 1937 with the Luftwaffe 's Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 and served the Axis in World War II from beginning to end (1939–1945).

2025年2月5日 · A rare Luftwaffe bomber, the Junkers JU-87G-2, manufactured in 1944, was delivered to the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company’s (UMMC) museum complex in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. Only a few of these aircraft remain in the world, and the delivery was organized to bypass sanctions prohibiting the import of collectible items into Russia, as reported ...

The Ju-87 Stuka is the iconic dive bomber aircraft used by Axis forces during WWII. Stukas dropped the first bombs of the War and shot down the first aircraft of the European war on September 1, 1939. The Stuka perfected and popularized the term “dive-bomber.”

2024年7月29日 · The Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka' was a two-seater dive-bomber plane used by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) in various theatres of the Second World War (1939-45). The Stuka, with its distinctive angled wings...

A Ju 87 achieved the first air victory during World War II on the morning of 1 September 1939, when Rottenführer Leutnant Frank Neubert of I./StG 2 "Immelmann" shot down a Polish PZL P.11c fighter while it was taking off from Balice airfield; its …

The Junkers Ju 87 R-2 Stuka is a strike bomber from the Second World War, it was discovered in 2014 on the southern side of the island of Žirje during an inspection of some of the fishing positions. This underwater find represents a rarity on a global scale, and was therefore declared a protected cultural asset of the Republic of Croatia in ...

The Ju 87 was capable of carrying a 500 kg (1,100 lb) bomb, but for most operations, they were limited to a 250 kg (550 lb) bomb load. The Ju 87B was the classic Stuka with a redesigned fuselage, big wheel pants, squared away greenhouse, and vertically louvered, overbite chin …

With the G variant, the aging airframe of the Ju 87 found new life as an anti-tank aircraft. This was the final operational version of the Stuka, and was deployed on the Eastern Front. The reverse in German military fortunes after 1943 and the appearance of huge numbers of well-armoured Soviet tanks caused Junkers to adapt the existing design ...

The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, "dive bomber") was a two-man (pilot and rear gunner) German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, the Stuka first flew in 1935 and made its combat debut in 1936 as part of the Luftwaffe 's Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War.

The Ju 87 D-4 aircraft, W. Nr.1113, SU + FH belonged to the 1st Squadron / 3rd Wing (1/StG-3) of dive attack bombers. The details of the two KIA crew members are Pilot, Jordan Stifter and Radio Operator Arthur Achenbach .