Stuka in unusual versions

[Guest ericthered1975]

During ww2, the Luftwaffe tested some versions of his famous dive bomber JU-87 Stuka. The link below provides a small colection of pictures, some rare and unknown to me, these versions. I hope you enjoy.

 

http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/02/variantes-do-ju-87-stuka.html

 

Eric

 

 

[old man emu]

I wonder if the Stuka with the undercarriage spats might not have been an early prototype the factory was testing. The pilots and ground crew seem to be civilians.

 

I think that the folding wing version was being design for the Kreigsmarine, but they didn't have a flat-top.

 

OME

 

 

[Birdseye]

I think that the folding wing version was being design for the Kreigsmarine, but they didn't have a flat-top.OME

Intended for use on the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin which was launched in 1938, but never completed. The catapult shots were a test version of the catapult that was to be fitted on the carrier.

 

 

[fatmal]

Sadly, war bring all sorts of engineering advances (or at least some weird ideas!). This one is my favourite

 

A 57mm 6-pound field gun mounted in the belly of the De Havilland Mosquito!

 

Mal

 

 

[Birdseye]

Former pilots lived with a life long stutter :-)

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Some damned ugly ducklings in that lot- and the biggest wing fences I've ever seen!