Pre-Order July 2007
Hobby Master
HA0131
JU-87 S7 + CL'
STG3, Gambut Libya
November 1942The Stuka was terror from the sky during the Blitzkrieg of Europe where there was little air opposition.
Things changed with the Battle of Britain where they came up against Hurricanes and Spitfires. The much
slower Stuka didn’t have a chance against the superior speed and agility of the fighters and suffered heavy
losses. The Stukas were removed from the Western Front and sent to the Balkans to assist the Italian Air
Force fight the Greeks and Yugoslavians. Frustrated by the inability of the Italian Air Force in North Africa
to defeat a force many times smaller in size the German Ju-87’s were assigned to do the job. Here they
once again were able to apply the tactics they had first become so well known for. Allied air power was
almost non-existent during the early stages of the North African Campaign and the Stuka was able to inflict
heavy losses on British troops and equipment. Once Allied aircraft were sent in numbers to North Africa
the Stuka once again faltered from lack of speed and their airbases had to be moved further back from the
front lines to escape the British artillery. Eventually after heavy losses the Dora’s and other Ju-87’s were
withdrawn from North Africa. The 3./StG 3 and others would never again be able to freely roam the skies in
search of victims. The Eastern front eventually became a shooting gallery for the Mig’s, Yak’s and
numerous other Russian planes as the Ju-87 was recklessly thrown in to battle with the hopes of turning the
fortunes of war.
The 3./StG. 3 was the first group to receive the new Dora’s and as this model depicts had an all tan desert
camouflage paint scheme. This is what the aircraft looked like in November 1942 just a few months after
the German defeat at El Alamein and the group's removal from North Africa
Pre assembled professionally painted
authentic scale 1/72
open or close canopy interchangble undercarriage
Our Price £15.99
