Warbird Information Exchange

Are there any airworthy Ju87's. How many are there known to exist? Are there any under restoration? In the US?
David

I have never heard of any airworthy, or any airworthy restorations. Just a very small handful of static examples.

I think there may be a replica running around. I seem to remember seeing a pic of one.

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Dennis

http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/
It looks like there is about 3-4 complete on display along with a several others that are displayed in wrecked form. FHC has one so maybe one day we will see a flyer.

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Wasn't there a story of one buried under the foundation of a new building being put up at the University of Chicago in the 60's?

I'm thinking back to a small Air Classics blurb in an early 70's Air Classics Warbird Report maybe???

Two complete ones on display, RAF Museum at Hendon, and Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

The rest are all recovered wrecks.

Sabremech--

There's an excellent survey of surviving Stukas, and major components thereof, in Classic Wings Issue #44 (Vol 11 #1).

The last time there was the prospect of a Ju87 flying seems to have been when thought was given to refurbishing what is now the RAFM Battle of Britain Hall Ju87D for flight for the film "Battle Of Britain" in the late 60s. A couple scaled replicas have been built and flown in the years since but that's been all...

S.

So in reading RLM's website, we'll finally have a flying Stuka in 3-4years?
That's great news! In checking the Preserved Axis Aircraft site there's a
report of Ju-87 parts..center section, wing and cowling bits being reportedly
sold to someone in England from stocks at the Yugoslav Aero Museum, Belgrade.
No idea whether the parts have left the country, nor which project purchased them.

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What baffles me in all this is, why this Warbird has taken a back seat to every thing else. Were the survivors destroyed after the war or were there simply not that many that survived? I have seen the one in Chicago and the one in Great Britain. Awesome looking machine. The one on the RLM site didn't show much. Am I missing something there?
David

sabremech

I have long had an interest in the type and this question comes up all the time.

Some possible reasons why there are few ju87s left

1) Not that many survived
2) By the wars end the dive bombing technique was largely outmoded so not much use for them
3) Spares were few and far between and they would have been hard to obtain.
4) The Stuka was the focal point of hatred against the Nazi Regime and as such was destroyed as a symbol
5) Not such a great aircraft in any case - so why bother.

The Stuka is not Robinson Crusoe in this regard - most divebombers only survive in small quantities - eg Vultee vengance is even rarer

Regards
John P

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I remember hearing on this board of a complete one in a reservoir but local officals won't let it be recovered because if disturbed it may contaminate the drinking water.

With the rarity of this plane, wouldn't it seem someone would be interested in recreating them from plans? Flug Werk for instance?
I understand the huge project this would be, but feel there is a huge void with so many of these being produced and none flying.
I'm probably not saying anything that hasn't already been said or felt, but am trying to see what others feel and know about this.
David

There are some reasonable scale replicas, but there are no known surviving manufacturing drawings, so unless one can be completely taken apart for study,I would doubt an accurate reproduction can be built.
There are more around yet to be recovered, any news that has been cleared for print will appear in future editions of Classic Wings, so stay tuned.

Dave

Typical politicians..."Let's not do this on my watch". Let it rot from the outside in.
Let someone in 2035 worry about the contaminant release...sheesh!

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"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
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