The first Stukas had twin tailsĮarly prototypes of the Stuka featured stabilizing double-fin tail-plane configurations yet weren’t fitted with dive brakes. This in turn would help inform the development of the Stuka. The demonstrators played a key role in making dive bombing central to Luftwaffe doctrine. dive bombers back to Germany (the Curtiss Hawk version of the Helldiver). After the Nazis rose to power, Udet became a champion of to concept of using dive bombing to support ground forces. Udet even brought two U.S. The spectacle made an impression on the visiting flier. During his trip, the 36-year-old fighter pilot witnessed a Curtiss F8C Helldiver make a simulated dive bombing attack at an air show. In 1931, Ernst Udet, the second-highest scoring German fighter ace of the First World War and future Luftwaffe architect, was in the United States to take part in a stunt flying display. The Ju 87 was inspired by American dive-bombers like the Curtiss F8C (Image source: WikiCommons) The Stuka: An American idea In fact, it would soldier on in various roles long after the tide had turned against the Nazis. Here are 11 remarkable facts about this famous warplane. In fact, the Ju 87 was a critical contributor to Axis victory in a number of campaigns in the war’s opening years. The notorious single-engine, two-man, dive-bomber’s iconic ‘gull wings’ and ‘spatted’ undercarriage are as unmistakable as the plane’s instantly recognizable wailing siren, dubbed the “Jericho Trumpet” ( ♬ LISTEN TO IT HERE).īut the Stuka was more than just a terror weapon – its ability to deliver bombs where needed with then unheard of precision made it a potent war machine that crippled the defenders of both Poland and France. IT WOULD BE difficult to come up with a more potent symbol of the German Blitzkrieg of World War Two than the Ju 87 Sturzkampfflugzeug or “Stuka”. “The Stuka was more than just a terror weapon – its ability to deliver bombs where needed with then unheard of precision made it a potent war machine.” Click above for ’s e-book “Stuka Tank Busters ’43”
Junkers Ju 87 Sturzkampfflugzeug (“dive bomber”) or Stuka for short was the most famous German ground attack aircraft of World War Two.
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