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Historic German Junkers Ju-52/3 plane offers nostalgic tourist flights in German cities     mercurynews.com :: 2009-07-14
In the 1930s the Junkers Ju-52/3 was the star of Lufthansa's fleet then, even operating long-range service to Beijing. Now Lufthansa's rebuilt Junkers offers flights to nostalgic aviation enthusiasts, and other passengers looking for a flight back into history. Tickets for the junkets on the 73-year old plane called "Auntie Ju" - which alternate between various German cities - are for sale on Lufthansa's Junkers website. Fares range from 67-299 euros and flights run 10-110 minutes. Some of the Luftwaffe's most daring World War II feats (the glider raid on the Belgian fortress of Eben Emael, the parachute assault on the Crete) were accomplished using Ju-52/3s.    

Air Commodore Paul Webb - Shooting down the first Junkers 88     telegraph.co.uk :: 2007-07-28
Air Commodore Paul Webb was one of the 3 Spitfire pilots who took part in the shooting down of the first German aircraft attacking a target on British soil. Webb was scrambled just after 2 pm on October 16 1939 from Drem as a force of 9 Junkers 88s approached the Firth of Forth. The enemy aircraft were led by Helmut Pohle - commander of the first unit to be equipped with the "wonder bombers". The Spitfires of No 602 Squadron intercepted the enemy aircraft as they attacked the two cruisers in Rosyth dockyard. 3 fighter pilots chased one of the bombers as it pulled out of its attack and headed out to sea at low level...    

Group says German Junker Ju 52 with swastikas is no Nazi tribute     thetimesonline :: 2007-06-05
The Junker Ju 52 with swastikas on its tail, at the Gary/Chicago International Airport, won't land a home at Lansing Municipal Airport anytime soon. Rumors have been unfounded, said John Kowal. The Junker Ju 52 is used for historical re-enactments. Kowal is concerned after receiving a letter saying: "Nazi tribute airplane" was offensive... The Great Lakes Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, founded by WWII veterans, has "absolutely no politics other than U.S. patriotism." The Commemorative Air Force has a WWII-era American Douglas C-47 in addition to the Junker Ju 52. The Junker Ju 52 is one of 7 such planes still flying and the only one still flying in the US.    

Fisherman catches WWII Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88 aircraft in nets     ekathimerini :: 2007-03-29
A fisherman from Thessaloniki came away from a fishing trip with a larger catch than he expected as he netted a Luftwaffe bomber. Constantinos Damoultzis's nets became entangled in the relic of the Junkers Ju 88 aircraft at a depth of more than 100 meters off Agiokambos beach. When he pulled up the nets, he found a piece of the twin-engine aircraft. The air force said the Nazi airplane had probably crashed in April 1941 during a bombing raid. Although some 15,000 Ju 88s were built during WW2, only 34 of them, 13 of which were in pieces, have been recovered around the world.    

[PDF] Conversations with Luftwaffe Stuka Pilot Paul-Werner Hozzle     stinet :: 2007-03-14
In this document German Air Force Brigadier General Paul-Werner Hozzle, presents his experiences as a Stuka pilot and commander of Stuka units, in organizer of the Luftwaffe Air Fleet. As part of a program to evaluate the lethality of current airborne automatic cannon ammunition against threat armored vehicles, he presented some of his experiences in combat in World War 2 in a one-day seminar at the National War College. General Hozzel is one of a few remaining German officers who fought in WW2 and held position high enough to allow generalizations about the war and to extract historical generals for future operations.     [Bomber Pilots of WWII: B-17, B-24]

Ex-Luftwaffe Junkers 88 bomber pilot Wolfgang Kaupisch to be U.S. citizen     ww2aircraft.net :: 2006-12-17
64 years ago, Wolfgang Kaupisch was a lieutenant in the German Luftwaffe, dropping bombs on Americans in England. Two years later, he was involved in an assassination attempt on his führer, Adolf Hitler. In 1940, Nazi Germany unleashed attacks against Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and France - and Kaupisch's anti-aircraft unit was with them. During the fighting, he was granted an Iron Cross Second Class when his artillery pieces helped sink a British destroyer, and an Iron Cross First Class when the artillery silenced a French machine gun. In Oct 1941, he flew his first combat mission, as a co-pilot and navigator on a Junkers 88 bomber.     [German Pilots and Flying Aces]

Divers raise wreckage of German WWII Junkers-87 Stuka bomber     freerepublic.com :: 2006-10-07
Greek military divers raised the wreckage of a German World War II Stuka bomber from the sea. The Junkers-87 dive-bomber was shot down in 1943 and will be displayed at the air force museum. Air force experts believe the plane was part of a Luftwaffe squadron operating from Rhodes that lost several Stukas to allied ships on Oct. 9, 1943. Fitted with a screaming siren for maximum shock effect, the gull-winged, single-engine Stuka was a feared symbol of Nazi military power. Out of some 6,000 aircraft produced 1936-1944, only two are intact in museums, while the wrecks of 3 more Stukas have been salvaged.     [Aircrafts of WWII]

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