Stukas Over Spain: Dive Bomber Aircraft and Units of the Legion Condor

摘要

The Spanish Civil War saw a contingent of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe, which came to be called the Condor Legion, providing air support to the Nationalist side-and taking advantage of the situation to combat test its latest warplanes and formulate tactics for their use. Compiled and written by two Spanish military historians, Stukas Over Spain gives a concise account of the Condor Legion's dive bombers in action. This started with the Henschel Hs-123, a rugged biplane with an open cockpit that soon gave way to the Junkers Ju-87 V-4, which was followed by the first production Ju-87As. The "Antons" achieved a measure of fame for the deadly efficiency of a three-plane flight called the Jolanthe Kette (Jolanthe being a fat pig that was a popular character in Germany at the time, and was painted on the wheel pants of the flight's Stukas).