Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
Role: LIGHT BOMBER | Period: WORLD WAR 2 | Nation: NAZI GERMANY
Category: Dive bomber, Close air support
Crew: 2
Engine: One reciprocating (piston) engine
Manufacturer: Junkers
Number built: approx. 5,700
First flight: 17 September 1935
Introduction: 1936
Retired: 1945
Main variants
- Ju 87 V1 – Prototype
- Ju 87 A-1 – First production version
- Ju 87 A-2 – Production version
- Ju 87B-2 – Production version
- Ju 87B-2 Trop – Modified version for use in North Africa
- Ju 87C – Modified to naval bomber
- Ju 87R – Long range version
- Ju 87D-1 – Production version
- Ju 87D-1 Trop – Modified version for use in North Africa
- Ju 87D-3 – Production version
- Ju 87D-4 – Torpedo-bomber version
- Ju 87D-5 – Production version
- Ju 87D-7 – Night bomber version
- Ju 87D-8 – Night bomber version
- Ju 87G-1 – Production version
- Ju 87G-2 – Production version
Operational service
- Spanish Civil War (1939 – 1945)
- World War 2 (1939 – 1945) – European Theater – Western Front
- World War 2 (1939 – 1945) – Mediterranean and Middle East War Theater
- World War 2 (1939 – 1945) – European Theater – Eastern Front
CONTENT
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Ju 87 Stuka - Books
Ju 87 Stuka - Model Kits
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