The most complete history currently in the market * Contains around
400 photographs and drawings * Includes a highly detailed appendix containing
information on foreign use, camouflage and markings and handbook illustrations *
Will be sought after by aviation historians, modellers and enthusiasts world
wide
This large format hardback is packed extensively with information on
the Ju87 Stuka. Highly illustrated, it represents a detailed reference work to
be used by enthusiasts and modellers as a 'one-stop' easy access to information
for one of the most well known aircraft of the Second World War. The author's
research means that this will be the must-have book for all enthusiasts of the
Ju87 Stuka. Unquestionably, the Junkers Ju 87 was one of the most devastatingly
effective and psychologically terrifying weapons of war ever produced. The howl
of its sirens during a dive-bombing attack struck fear into those on the ground,
the aircraft possessing an uncanny knack of making each human feel as if he was
the intended target. Spearheading the German advances in Poland, Norway, the Low Countries, France and the Battle of Britain, the
Mediterranean and Russia between 1939-1943, the
Luftwaffe's Ju 87 Stuka became synonymous with the art of Blitzkrieg 'Lightning'
warfare. Next to the fighter aces, it was perhaps the Stuka crews who were held
in the highest esteem by both German commanders and the German people and their
accomplishments became legendary. Stuka aces such as Oskar Dinort, Werner
Hozzel, Ernst Kupfer and Hans-Ulrich Rudel were just some accredited with the
destruction of literally hundreds of enemy tanks, vehicles and ships as well as
locomotives and bridges.
This detailed reference book is the most complete history currently
in the market and covers the subject from the development stages and then the
start of production in 1937 to Rudel's last flight surrendering to the
US forces at Kitzingen. The book
contains more than 400 photographs diagrams and technical drawings including
those showing factory and construction, close ups of weapons and equipment and
operational units. It also contains 26 colour profiles and is also supported by
a detailed information containing information on foreign use, camouflage and
markings and handbook illustrations. This will be 'the' book sought after by
aviation enthusiasts and modellers this year.
