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    The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in 1935...
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  • The Junkers Ju 187 was a German projected dive bomber designed to replace the ageing Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. The Ju 187 was cancelled in 1943. By the time...
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  • similar to Ju 86, not built. Junkers Ju 86, twin-engined airliner, bomber + reconnaissance, 1934. Junkers Ju 87, Stuka, dive-bomber, 1935. Junkers Ju 88, bomber...
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    Dornier and Junkers - requesting designs for a long-range bomber. The two companies responded with the Dornier Do 19 and the Junkers Ju 89, respectively...
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    The Junkers Ju 88 is a twin-engined multirole combat aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works...
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    ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front, usually flying the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber. Rudel surrendered to US forces in 1945 and immigrated...
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  • bomber + reconnaissance Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, dive-bomber Junkers Ju 88, bomber + reconnaissance + night-fighter Junkers Ju 89, Ural bomber design contender...
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  • Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, dive-bomber Junkers Ju 88 reconnaissance/bomber/night-fighter Junkers Ju 89 heavy bomber (prototype) Junkers Ju 90 bomber...
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  • dive-bomber (prototype) Junkers Ju 86, bomber + extreme high-altitude reconnaissance Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, dive-bomber + ground-attack Junkers Ju 88, bomber + reconnaissance...
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    prototype German monoplane dive bomber design that lost out to the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka in the 1930s, and was never ordered by the Luftwaffe. Designed by...
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  • the patented Junkers Doppelflügel "double wing" control system - whose concept was used through to the Third Reich's Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber -...
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  • 21 Junkers Ju 46 Junkers Ju 49 Junkers Ju 52/1m Junkers Ju 52/3m Tante Ju Junkers Ju 60 Junkers Ju 85 Junkers Ju 86 Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Junkers Ju 88...
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  • bomber/reconnaissance Junkers Ju 87 Stuka - dive-bomber Junkers Ju 88 - bomber/reconnaissance + night-fighter Junkers Ju 89 - heavy bomber prototype Junkers Ju 90 - heavy...
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    wings) primarily armed with the iconic Junkers Ju 87B Stuka. The Luftwaffe was just starting to accept the Junkers Ju 88A for service, as it had encountered...
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    (2004). Hitler's Stuka Squadrons: The Ju 87 at war, 1936–1945. London: Eagles of War. ISBN 978-1-86227-246-0. Weal, John. Junkers Ju 87 Stukageschwader...
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  • 168. Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997. ISBN 1-56027-287-2 Griehl, Manfred. Junker Ju 87 Stuka. London/Stuttgart: Airlife Publishing/Motorbuch, 2001...
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  • command of Kommandeur der Luftwaffe, were attached to the army. The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers carried out the first mission of the campaign, twenty...
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    Smith, P. (2011). Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. Manchester: The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-0-85979-156-4. Ward, J. (2004). Hitler's Stuka Squadrons. St. Paul,...
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    contributed to the procurement of dedicated dive-bombers such as the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. The Fw 56 was developed during the early 1930s in response to a...
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    from Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 around 04:30. On 1 September 1939, 29 Junkers Ju 87B Stukas of I group Sturzkampfgeschwader 76, under command of Captain (Hauptmann)...
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    clear that the dive bombers operated by the Luftwaffe, such as the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, were highly vulnerable to high performance Allied fighter aircraft...
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    German Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive-bombers from Crete and 63 crew were killed. Coventry was scuttled by Zulu which was hit by German Ju 87 and Junkers Ju 88...
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    aircraft to combat enemy aircraft. Essentially they wanted a "sea Stuka" (Junkers Ju 87). The aircraft was to have floats and a range of 1,500 kilometres...
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  • Junkers Ju 86 bomber/reconnaissance production 632 1934 87 Junkers Ju 87 Stuka bomber production 6500 1935 many exported to client states 88 Junkers Ju...
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    only viewed as being a "stop-gap" measure until the arrival of the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka later that same decade. In 1938, the type was dispatched to Spain...
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    Paratroopers were carried and gliders towed by the reliable, tri-motored, Junkers Ju 52. Each plane could tow one glider or carry thirteen paratroopers. In...
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    enlarged bomb bay for test purposes, said to be intended for use in the Junkers Ju 287. A common myth claims V38 was the prototype for a German "atomic bomber"...
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    the beach and harbour and KG 54 sank the 8,000-ton steamer Aden. Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers sank the troopship Cote d' Azur. The Luftwaffe engaged...
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    the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka and Henschel Hs 123, but both lacked the necessary range. The only recourse was to "employ" the He 111, along with the Ju 88....
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    wing, supplied a total force of 109 Junkers Ju 87 or “Stuka” dive bombers. It was the largest concentration of Ju 87 to operate over Britain to date and...
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