FHCAM's Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, lost in Russia since 1942, is entering the final phase of restoration and is set to fly again within two years with a rare restored Jumo 211 engine.

Perhaps one of the most feared and well-known aircraft of World War II was the Junkers Ju 87 “Stuka” dive bomber. Early model Ju 87s were used in the Spanish Civil War with good results.

The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka "dive bomber" was a two-man (pilot and rear gunner) German ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, the Stuka first flew in 1935 and made its combat debut in ...

A trio of German Junkers Ju 87 Stukas flies in formation in 1940. The Luftwaffe conscripted Melitta von Stauffenberg to improve the Stuka's performance. Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock Photo ...

A trio of German Junkers Ju 87 Stukas flies in formation in 1940. The Luftwaffe conscripted Melitta von Stauffenberg to improve the Stuka's performance. Like many others secretly opposed to Hitler and ...

The warbird we're talking about it the Vultee A-31 Vengeance dive bomber, an American-made WWII dive bomber that did actually perform fairly well in combat, but is relatively obscure compared to other ...

From its first combat deployment during the Spanish Civil War in 1937 to its final operations at the close of World War II in 1945, the Junkers JU 87 Stuka dive-bomber was a symbol of German aerial ...

The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber remains one of World War II’s most iconic aircraft, synonymous with the early triumphs of Hitler’s Blitzkrieg. Often regarded with a mixture of fear and awe, the ...

Several versions of the aircraft type were subsequently manufactured, including the German Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, the Japanese Aichi 99, and the reputable Petlyakov Pe-2. Dive bombers were known to fly ...

To understand just how good the Ju-87 was compared to other dive bombers of the era, we need to go back to the beginning of air warfare.