JU-87 StukaJunkers JU 87 Stuka airplane model. The Stuka was the most famous of all planes used by the Germans as a sturzkamfflugzeug (divebomber). The Stuka was designed strictly as an army cooperation dive bomber at the urging of General Ernst Udet. It is instantly recognisable with its inverted gull wings, and fixed undercarriage. The Ju 87 was ugly, sturdy, accurate, but very vulnerable to enemy fighters. The Germans learned in the Battle of Britain that its