Picture No | 10652693 |
Date | 10 January 1941 |
Description | Dive-bombing attack on Mediterranean convoy by G. H. Davis |
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The Stukas return: tactics and technique used in a dive-bombing attack on a Mediterranean convoy during the Second World War. Diving 7000 feet in 13.75 seconds: pictures showing the special fittings and tactics used in dive-bombing by Germany's Stukas JU87B dive-bomber, which have reappeared in the Mediterranean. Despite an attack lasting from dawn till dusk, the convoy escaped and at least 12 German planes were shot down.
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Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 25 January 1941, pp108-9 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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