Stukas

As everyone -- or nearly everyone -- of my generation knows, German divebombers were called Stukas, a contraction of the word describing their modus operandi: Sturzkampfflugzeug.

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Our only defence was our old 303 rifles and three Bren guns shared between the whole squadron – not much good against Stukas.

Alan Glass 2010

We had no answer to them, our .05 machine guns could not elevate to fire into the air; if they had been able to I am sure that from day 1 those Stukas would have suffered great losses.

John Keay 2010

We also had a chance to get out of range of the Tiger tanks, but not the Stukas.

John Keay 2010

The very first attack we had was from the air, we were casually taking things easy, when out of the sun came about 5 Stukas, they dropped bombs all round and amongst us, it was so quick we never realised what was happening.

John Keay 2010

They bought a fishing boat, but it was shot out from under them by dive-bombing Stukas, "sending the suitcase and all that money straight to Davy Jones"—and several British commandos, Paddy among them, into the Aegean to swim for their lives.

So No More He'll Go A-Roving David Mason 2011

For there they face air raids, blackouts, unexploded bombs, dive-bombing Stukas, rationing, shrapnel, V-1s, and two of the most incorrigible children in all of history — to say nothing of a growing feeling that not only their assignments but the war and history itself are spiraling out of control.

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We were soon to find out – it was us, as out of the sun came Stukas, the screaming dive-bombers, a dozen or more, one after the other.

Alan Glass 2010

They bought a fishing boat, but it was shot out from under them by dive-bombing Stukas, "sending the suitcase and all that money straight to Davy Jones"—and several British commandos, Paddy among them, into the Aegean to swim for their lives.

So No More He'll Go A-Roving David Mason 2011

On our approach to the bridge (the only way south) we found that most units had abandoned their lorries or jeeps etc., because they could not get over the bridge, because the Stukas were machine gunning them and blocking the bridge.

John Keay 2010