Junkers Ju 87

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The Junkers Ju 87, commonly known as the Stuka, was a German World War II dive bomber famed for its distinctive gull wings and terrifying siren used during precision ground-attack missions.

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Generate an image of a junkers Ju 87 (The Junkers Ju 87, commonly known as the Stuka, was a German World War II dive bomber famed for its distinctive gull wings and terrifying siren used during precision ground-attack missions.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
dive bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftRole dive bomber ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Junkers Ju-87 ⓘ
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Stuka ⓘ
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approximateNumberBuilt about 6,500 ⓘ
armament bomb load up to about 1,000 kg (early variants) ⓘ
forward-firing machine guns or cannon (depending on variant) ⓘ
rear defensive machine gun ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
crewRoles pilot ⓘ
rear gunner ⓘ
designedBy Hermann Pohlmann ⓘ
engineType liquid-cooled piston engine ⓘ
famousPilot Hans-Ulrich Rudel ⓘ
firstFlight 1935-09-17 ⓘ
introduced 1936 ⓘ
laterRole tank-buster (especially Ju 87G with cannon) ⓘ
manufacturer Junkers ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 390 km/h ⓘ
nameEtymology Stuka is short for Sturzkampfflugzeug (dive bomber) ⓘ
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notableFeature Jericho-Trompete siren ⓘ
automatic pull-out dive brakes ⓘ
fixed spatted landing gear ⓘ
notableUse Battle of Britain ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ
Blitzkrieg campaigns in Poland ⓘ
Eastern Front operations ⓘ
North African Campaign ⓘ
notableVariant Ju 87A ⓘ
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Ju 87B ⓘ
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Ju 87C ⓘ
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Ju 87D ⓘ
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Ju 87G ⓘ
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Ju 87K ⓘ
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Ju 87R ⓘ
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powerplant 1 × Junkers Jumo 211 inverted V-12 engine ⓘ
primaryUser Nazi Germany ⓘ
productionPeriod late 1930s to early 1940s ⓘ
range about 500 km (combat) depending on variant ⓘ
retired 1959 ⓘ
usedBy Bulgarian Air Force ⓘ
Hungarian Air Force ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Regia Aeronautica ⓘ
Royal Romanian Air Force ⓘ
Slovak Air Force (WWII) ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
wingConfiguration inverted gull wing ⓘ

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Luftwaffe → usedAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Wehrmacht → equipment → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
bombing of Coventry → aircraftUsed → Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers ⓘ
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Junkers Ju 87 → alsoKnownAs → Stuka ⓘ
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Junkers Ju 87 → alsoKnownAs → Junkers Ju-87 ⓘ
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Junkers Ju 87 → nameEtymology → Stuka is short for Sturzkampfflugzeug (dive bomber) ⓘ
linked to: Junkers Ju 87
Junkers Ju 87 → notableVariant → Ju 87A ⓘ
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Junkers Ju 87 → notableVariant → Ju 87B ⓘ
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Junkers Ju 87 → notableVariant → Ju 87D ⓘ
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Junkers Ju 87 → notableVariant → Ju 87G ⓘ
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Junkers Ju 87 → notableVariant → Ju 87R ⓘ
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Junkers Ju 87 → notableVariant → Ju 87C ⓘ
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Junkers Ju 87 → notableVariant → Ju 87K ⓘ
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Condor Legion → uses → Junkers Ju 87 Stuka aircraft ⓘ
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Royal Romanian Air Force → usedAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Hans-Ulrich Rudel → aircraftFlown → Junkers Ju 87 Stuka ⓘ
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Junkers Jumo 211 → poweredAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Junkers → produced → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Slovak Air Force (WWII) → usedAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Jericho-Trompete siren → mountedOnAircraftType → Stuka dive bomber ⓘ
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Jericho-Trompete siren → associatedWith → Junkers Ju 87 B variant ⓘ
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Luftflotte 4 → usedAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Trotzdem → associatedWith → Luftwaffe Sturzkampfflugzeug (Stuka) ⓘ
subject linked to: book "Trotzdem" ("Stuka Pilot")
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Hermann Pohlmann → notableWork → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Hermann Pohlmann → notableWork → Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber ⓘ
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Hermann Pohlmann → designed → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Hermann Pohlmann → notableAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 B ⓘ
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Hermann Pohlmann → notableAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 D ⓘ
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Hermann Pohlmann → notableAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 G ⓘ
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Italian National Republican Air Force → usedAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
subject linked to: ANR
HMS Illustrious → damagedBy → Luftwaffe Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers ⓘ
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MG 151 cannon → usedOnAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Luftwaffe pilots → usedAircraftType → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Stuka Pilot → mainSubject → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Stuka Pilot → featuresAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 Stuka ⓘ
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Luftwaffe bombers → notableModel → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Blohm & Voss BV 237 → basedOn → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Blohm & Voss BV 237 → developmentOf → Junkers Ju 87 Stuka ⓘ
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Blohm & Voss BV 237 → relatedAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Legion Condor → aircraftUsed → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Junkers Jumo 210 → usedInAircraft → Junkers Ju 87 prototypes ⓘ
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Defense of Brest Fortress (1941) → usedWeapon → Stuka dive bombers ⓘ
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Junkers design bureau → designed → Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ