Junkers Ju 87

Junkers Ju 87 " Stuka "




Rarely there is a photograph showing the plane Junkers Ju 87 A of the " Legion Condor " which , based on the books of the German output of the unit during the Spanish Civil War , was never mentioned its existence ! There are only three Ju 87 A commonly named as " Jolanthe - Kette " ( based on pig emblem " Jolanthe - Schwein " ) is touted used as experimental material latest German dive bombers . All three pieces of the aircraft arrived in Spain on January 15, 1938 , whose identity has been a lot of people know : 29 ● 2 Unteroffizier Bartels / Unteroffizier Fleisch , 29 ● 3 Leutnant Gerhard Weyert / Unteroffizier Goller , and 29 ● 4 Leutnant Hermann - Josef Haas ( Kettenführer ) / Feldwebel Kramer . All crew members were taken from 11.Staffel/Lehrgeschwader 1 ( LG 1 ) and only ever flown Ju 87 A few months before arriving in Spain ! In fact , only Ju 87 A 29 ● 5 , 29 ● 6 ● 7 and 29 who perform combat missions , with the last two months from July 1938 onwards . Not much is known about the Ju 87 A 29 ● 5 above


sources :
Magazine " Luftwaffe im Focus " edition 1 of 2002