German dive bomber Junkers JU-87B Stuka COBI 5730 - World War II

You know that:

• Junkers chief designer Hermann Pohlmann had been working on the design of the bomber since 1933.
• The prototype, still equipped with a British Rolls-Royce engine, first flew from the Dessau factory airfield on 17 September 1935.
• In its time, it was a high-quality and reliable machine equipped with a semi-automatic assistant for leveling dive flight.
• A Jericho-Trompete siren was installed on the leading edges of the wings, the scream of which accompanied every attack of the aircraft.
• Initially, the JU 87 was a dangerous Luftwaffe weapon, but by 1940 it was easily the victim of anti-aircraft fire and fast maneuvering duels with fighters.
• Production ended in 1944 when the decimated Luftwaffe no longer had enough aircraft to escort the vulnerable Junkers.
• In the last year of the war, the aircraft were used almost exclusively for night missions to minimize their own losses under cover of darkness.
• Perhaps the most successful pilot of the JU 87 was Hans-Ulrich Rudel, who took off from his home airfield in Bohemia at the end of the war on 8 May 1945 to fly over American-occupied territory and avoid capture by the Soviet Army.
• A total of about 5,800 were produced in 30 different versions.
• The Ju 87 was in the armament of several European countries such as Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.

Technical parameters:

• dimensions: wingspan 13.6 m, length 11.1 m, height 4.1 m
• empty weight 2 750 kg
• maximum take-off weight 5 000 kg
• power unit 12-cylinder Jumo 211DA engine with 882 kW
• range 790 km
• maximum flight level 8 000 m
• climb rate 5,5 m/s
• maximum speed 380 km/h
• fuel tank capacity 780 l
• armament 2x 7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun in wings + 1x rear MG 15 machine gun 7.92 mm + 250 kg air bomb under fuselage 4x 50 kg air bomb under wings
• crew 2