Ju 87 Stuka

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Re: Ju 87 Stuka

Post by von thoma » 23 Jul 2019 03:29

Rmouse post_ wrote: Is there any recorded victory by a Stuka tail gunner? That position looks positively useless, but perhaps one guy got lucky and took down another plain.
Ofw Erwin Hentschel, the Ju 87 air-gunner of Hans-Ulrich Rudel obtained 7 victories
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Re: Ju 87 Stuka

Post by Pips » 24 Jul 2019 00:05

That is a very impressive achievement.
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Re: Ju 87 Stuka

Post by von thoma » 24 Jul 2019 02:07

Maybe not, Hentschel flew a total of 1.400 missions, 1.200 with Hans-Ulrich Rudel.
From this point of view it's a poor ratio
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Re: Ju 87 Stuka

Post by tigre » 20 Oct 2019 23:50

Hello to all :D; a little more: Ju 87 in Action
Source: https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Luftwaffe- ... 0012.m1985
Cheers. Raúl M 8-).
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Re: Ju 87 Stuka

Post by tigre » 29 Oct 2019 15:31

Hello to all :D; a little more: Ju 87 in Action
Source: https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/991 ... -1943-1941
Chreers. Raúl M 8-).
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Re: Ju 87 Stuka

Post by T. A. Gardner » 30 Oct 2019 00:23

von thoma wrote: ↑
23 Jul 2019 03:29
Rmouse post_ wrote: Is there any recorded victory by a Stuka tail gunner? That position looks positively useless, but perhaps one guy got lucky and took down another plain.
Ofw Erwin Hentschel, the Ju 87 air-gunner of Hans-Ulrich Rudel obtained 7 victories
It's amazing what you can do out of desperation when you are scared $h!+less because somebody in a grossly superior plane is trying to kill you... :thumbsup:
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Re: Ju 87 Stuka

Post by Denniss » 30 Oct 2019 13:21

Did Rudel's Stukas retain the original defensive MGs or was he permitted to change it to something bigger like a MG151/20 ?
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