Junkers Ju 87

what is it?

The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in 1935. The Ju 87 made its combat debut in 1937 with the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 and served the Axis in World War II from beginning to end (1939–1945).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 410 km/htop speed
• size 6,600 kgmax take-off weight
• built 6,500made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 91 years ago, in 1935.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1935-09-17

introduced

1937

retired

1945

status

retired

number built

6,500

role

dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft

origin

Nazi Germany

makers

Junkers, Junkers Motorenbau und Junkers Flugzeugwerk

engines

1× Junkers Jumo 211J

crew

2

length

11.5 m

wingspan

13.8 m

height

3.9 m

max take-off weight

6,600 kg

top speed

410 km/h

cruise speed

319 km/h

range

—

ceiling

7,315 m

wings

monoplane

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.