On the morning of September 5th 1939 the Germans were edging closer to Krakow and it was decided to use the JU87 to fly over the advancing troops with the hope inflicting damage on some of the higher ranking personal who were accompanying the attack. The weather was overcast and cloud was about 1000ft so it was hoped pilots Captain Jakub Krasnodębski and Sgt. Krystian Fokczyński could fly just under it and hope no one spotted the oddly marked Stuka. However they were to strike a blow that was not foreseen when they took off that morning.
The Fuhrer himself was inspecting troops some 150 miles from Krakow.
At about midday the Polish Stuka spotted what they thought was a German staff car amongst other transports and decided to press home their attack little knowing who was in said staff car.
The Stuka was not designed for such low level work and was far better suited diving at 90 degrees but the cloud cover made this impossible so they attacked on an almost level plain releasing their main bomb but that fell woefully short and drew attention and everything opened up on them. A return strafe was marginally better with bombs exploding just ahead of the staff car forcing it to stop very quickly with the Fuhrer still inside. However a SdKfz 6 travelling close behind couldn't stop and ploughed into the back of the staff car killing the Fuhrer instantly.
The war was to last another three years but without Hitler Germany sued for peace when Russia attacked and the Allies invaded Dieppe.
The Stuka sadly crashed as the crew were critically injured in their last attack and died when the plane hit the ground.
Today in the Krakow aviation museum is a replica of the plane that killed Hitler.
Here it is.
Toby's Polish Ju87. FINISHED
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Nice work, I like the look you have achieved.
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Great back-story, Toby, and a great finish. Well done!
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Nicely done and a cracking back story, the black and white pics really make it more real
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A great build and a clever story to go with it.
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Very nicely done; both the aircraft and the plot
Oh that it was true
Oh that it was true
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I like the alternative history and THE ALTERNATIVE STUKA.
Instead of Achtung! Stuka! it would go Uwaga! Sztukas!
Instead of Achtung! Stuka! it would go Uwaga! Sztukas!
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Great build and back story.
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