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Junkers Ju-87 Stuka: What Made the Luftwaffe Vulture So Fearsome?
The Ju-87 Stuka terrorized civilian populations in the early days of the Nazi blitzkrieg during World War II.
Here s What You Need to Know: The Stuka served in every theater of World War II where the German war machine was deployed.
One of the deadliest and most effective airplanes of the Axis powers, the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka, owed its origin to a fearless World War I ace and, ironically, to innovative American aviation visionaries in the peaceful early 1930s.
After shooting down 62 planes, ranking second only to the famous “Red Baron,” Manfred von Richthofen, and surviving the 1914-1918 war, Frankfurt-born Ernst Udet became a stunt pilot and barnstormed over Africa, Greenland, the Swiss Alps, and South America. While visiting the United States in 1931, he observed dive-bombing techniques being developed by the U.S. Navy.
10 German World War I Aces As Feared As The Red Baron
10 Max Immelmann
The legendary Max Immelmann was Germany’s first ever ace. He was also the first aviator to be decorated with the country’s highest military medal, the Pour le Merite, which became known as “The Blue Max” in his honor. Born in September 1890, Immelmann rejoined the German military as a pilot when the war began. He had previously enlisted as a 14-year-old cadet before leaving in 1912 to study.
During his first assignment (to deliver supplies and mail between aerodromes), Immelmann was honored with the Iron Cross, Second Class, for landing his badly damaged aircraft within German lines. His first victory came on August 1, 1915, when he downed one of 10 British aircraft that attacked Germany’s Douai aerodrome, earning him the Iron Cross, First Class.