Junkers Ju 87

E10607

World War II aircraft dive bomber military aircraft

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.

Aliases (15)

Ju 87A ×1
Ju 87B ×1
Ju 87C ×1
Ju 87D ×1
Ju 87G ×1
Ju 87K ×1
Ju 87R ×1
Junkers Ju 87 B variant ×1
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka ×1
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka aircraft ×1
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers ×1
Junkers Ju-87 ×1
Stuka ×1
Stuka dive bomber ×1
Stuka is short for Sturzkampfflugzeug (dive bomber) ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II aircraft → dive bomber → military aircraft →
aircraftRole	dive bomber → ground-attack aircraft →
alsoKnownAs	Junkers Ju-87 → Stuka →
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) →
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 → Ju 87B → Ju 87C → Ju 87D → Ju 87G → Ju 87K → Ju 87R →
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 →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Junkers Ju 87 ("Ju 87A") → Junkers Ju 87 ("Ju 87B") → Junkers Ju 87 ("Ju 87D") → Junkers Ju 87 ("Ju 87G") → Junkers Ju 87 ("Ju 87R") → Junkers Ju 87 ("Ju 87C") → Junkers Ju 87 ("Ju 87K") →	notableVariant
Luftflotte 4 → Luftwaffe → Royal Romanian Air Force → Slovak Air Force (WWII) →	usedAircraft
Junkers Ju 87 ("Stuka") → Junkers Ju 87 ("Junkers Ju-87") →	alsoKnownAs
Hans-Ulrich Rudel ("Junkers Ju 87 Stuka") →	aircraftFlown
bombing of Coventry ("Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers") →	aircraftUsed
Jericho-Trompete siren ("Junkers Ju 87 B variant") →	associatedWith
Wehrmacht →	equipment
Jericho-Trompete siren →	mountedOnAircraft
Jericho-Trompete siren ("Stuka dive bomber") →	mountedOnAircraftType
Junkers Ju 87 ("Stuka is short for Sturzkampfflugzeug (dive bomber)") →	nameEtymology
Junkers Jumo 211 →	poweredAircraft
Junkers →	produced
Condor Legion ("Junkers Ju 87 Stuka aircraft") →	uses