Hans Ulrich Rudel went from an unremarkable trainee to the Luftwaffe’s most famous Stuka pilot, leading desperate low level strikes as Germany retreated after Kursk and turning the cannon armed Ju 87 ...

As the Luftwaffe lost control of the air to the numerically superior Allies, the Stuka was one of the first aircraft to suffer the German Air Force’s reversal of fortunes. It was slow, under armored ...