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Sturzkampfflugzeug

Henschel Hs 123, a famous Sturzkampfflugzeug in flight.

Sturzkampfflugzeug is a German word that can be translated as dive bomber. Its common abbreviation is Stuka. It was used for two principal types of aircraft: Henschel Hs 123 and Junkers Ju 87.


Sturzkampfflugzeug Media

  • Ernst Udet; proponent of the dive-bomber and the Ju 87 (1928 photo)

  • The Stuka had inverted gull wings, as shown in this photograph. Also visible are the two separate sliding "hoods" of the canopy.

  • The RAF Museum's Ju 87, 2016, partially disassembled, showing the four attachment points for the outer wing section

  • Анимација понирања и бомбардовања Јункерса Ју-87 познатијег као Штука.

  • Formation of Ju 87 A dive-bombers, with the A's characteristic large wheel "trousers", each having one transverse bracing strut

  • The Ju 87 V4 prototype in 1936.

  • Junkers Ju 87 B parked at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands, 1940.

  • A Ju-87 towing a DFS 230 over Italy

  • The powerplant; a Jumo 211D installed in a Ju 87 B – the "Lärmgerät" housing is faired over on the maingear leg

  • Ju 87Ds, Soviet Union, January/February 1943

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