Posted on Aug 15, 2017
Ju87 Stuka Dive Bombers in Action with Sound and Sirens WW2 Luftwaffe Footage
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Video clip from captured World War II German propaganda film with Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers taking off and going into action.
On the 15th of August 1939 thirteen Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors.
As Nazi Germany prepared for a war now just weeks away, the Luftwaffe gave a demonstration of its Junkers Ju 87 B-1 Stuka dive bombers for a group of generals at a test range near Neuhammer-am-Queis, Silesia :
“. . . scores of generals were assembled at the training area at Neuhammer to watch a dive-bombing demonstration. Already, said Rudolf Braun, who took part with his unit (I St. G 3) there was a feeling of war in the air.
“Normally the order of attack was the Kommandeur’s Stab Kette (Staff Flight) first, followed by Staffels 1, 2, and 3. For some unknown reason Staffel I, led by Oberleutnant Peltz, was this time ordered to attack last. It would save Rudolf Braun’s life.
“The Met. reported cloud from 6,000 feet down to 2,500 with clear visibility below. At 6.00 a.m. Hauptmann Sigel led his Gruppe into attack at 12,000 feet. Half-rolling his Ju. 87 he plunged nearly vertically earthwards, with Oberleutnants Eppen and Mueller on each side.
“On the ground below, the generals (including Wolfram von Richthofen, the Stuka‘s chief) listened to the whining crescendo of the dive-bombers as they plummeted towards the ground. Horrified, they knew that nothing could avert disaster. The Met. report was wrong. Cloud base was at three hundred feet.
“Hauptmann Sigel, yelling into his microphone, “Pull out!” managed to do so himself a few feet above the trees. But Eppen went in, Mueller went in, and both burst into flames. The nine Ju. 87s of Staffel 2 and two of Staffel 3 all went in.
“Rudolf Braun and his comrades of Staffel I had heard Sigel’s warning and remained circling above the cloud layer through which columns of black smoke were now rising from the wreckage of thirteen dive bombers. I St. G 3 lost twenty-six young aircrew that day.”
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/15-august-1939/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87
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On the 15th of August 1939 thirteen Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors.
As Nazi Germany prepared for a war now just weeks away, the Luftwaffe gave a demonstration of its Junkers Ju 87 B-1 Stuka dive bombers for a group of generals at a test range near Neuhammer-am-Queis, Silesia :
“. . . scores of generals were assembled at the training area at Neuhammer to watch a dive-bombing demonstration. Already, said Rudolf Braun, who took part with his unit (I St. G 3) there was a feeling of war in the air.
“Normally the order of attack was the Kommandeur’s Stab Kette (Staff Flight) first, followed by Staffels 1, 2, and 3. For some unknown reason Staffel I, led by Oberleutnant Peltz, was this time ordered to attack last. It would save Rudolf Braun’s life.
“The Met. reported cloud from 6,000 feet down to 2,500 with clear visibility below. At 6.00 a.m. Hauptmann Sigel led his Gruppe into attack at 12,000 feet. Half-rolling his Ju. 87 he plunged nearly vertically earthwards, with Oberleutnants Eppen and Mueller on each side.
“On the ground below, the generals (including Wolfram von Richthofen, the Stuka‘s chief) listened to the whining crescendo of the dive-bombers as they plummeted towards the ground. Horrified, they knew that nothing could avert disaster. The Met. report was wrong. Cloud base was at three hundred feet.
“Hauptmann Sigel, yelling into his microphone, “Pull out!” managed to do so himself a few feet above the trees. But Eppen went in, Mueller went in, and both burst into flames. The nine Ju. 87s of Staffel 2 and two of Staffel 3 all went in.
“Rudolf Braun and his comrades of Staffel I had heard Sigel’s warning and remained circling above the cloud layer through which columns of black smoke were now rising from the wreckage of thirteen dive bombers. I St. G 3 lost twenty-six young aircrew that day.”
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/15-august-1939/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87
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The precision guided Munition of it's day. My first father in law was a Sruka pilot and flew with General Rudel.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel
Hans-Ulrich Rudel (2 July 1916– 18 December 1982) was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II. Post-war, he was a prominent neo-Nazi activist in Latin America and West Germany.
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Great video share. some serious bombing there. Good morning John.
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Thanks for sharing SGT John " Mac " McConnell the propaganda film of JU-87 Stuka dive bombers taking off and going into action. Dive bombing took courage and skill to send the ordnance where it needed to and pull up in time to evade.
For the thirteen Stukas pilots who attempted to demonstrate dive bombing in August 1939 meteorology reports needed to be accurate and on that day the cloud cover was off by a factor of 8 - predicted 2,500 in actually 300 feet. 13 Luftwaffe pilots met their doom that day.
For the thirteen Stukas pilots who attempted to demonstrate dive bombing in August 1939 meteorology reports needed to be accurate and on that day the cloud cover was off by a factor of 8 - predicted 2,500 in actually 300 feet. 13 Luftwaffe pilots met their doom that day.
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
I guess they cam blame the weatherman on this one. Surprised that they didn't hang him.
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