With all of my modelling gear and kits stashed away I just wanted to create something today,so with a sheet of sugar paper and some good old chalks I set about creating this sketch of the Junkers Ju.87 Tank Buster,to a model maker it is no good not having resources to your models,so creativity being paramount here is the end result to share with you all,to remind us of the importance of this awesome weapon here is a little piece about the most famous ace connected with it.
You have to hand it to the bravery of these pilots who flew the Stuka,it was literally a flying tank.
The most successful Stuka pilot was Hans-Ulrich Rudel. Rudel had already completed 1,000 Stuka missions before developing the tactics for "Panzerjagdkommando Weiss", the embryonic tank-killer Stuka unit.
Despite being shot down on at a number of occasions and sustaining frequent injuries (including the loss of a leg), Rudel’s tally included a total of 519 tanks and one Soviet battleship! He ended the war as Germany’s most decorated pilot and the sole recipient of Germany's highest military honour - the "Golden Oak Leaf with Sword and Diamonds to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.