Aircraft Photo of Not known | Junkers Ju-87D-5 Stuka | Germany - Air Force | AirHistory.net #788584
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:Not known
Aircraft Original Type:Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
Aircraft Generic Type:Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
Aircraft Version:Junkers Ju-87D-5 Stuka
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
Location
Location:In Flight
Country:Finland
 
Photo Date:June 1944
Photo from:Juhani Sipilä Collection
Photo ID: 788584
Photo Comment

Bombing Soviet armored spearhead at Ihantala on Karelian Isthmus. Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey came to assist the Finns to repeal the Soviet major attack commencing on 9 June 1944 and lasting for five weeks. The detachment consisted of some 70 airworthy aircraft: Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bombers and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 jabo's (fighter-bombers). Photo from: Niilo Helander / SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive).

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