1/48 Armour/Franklin Mint (ART.98107 / B11B263) Junkers JU87D3 Stuka (S2+KK) flown by Hans Ulrich Rudel, 2/Tone Green Splinter Patern Camo, Russian Front, Kursk Salient Operation Citadel, Summer 1943 Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 (II/StG77) Deutsch Reich's Luftwaffe (Limited Edition)
Review of his career in the Luftwaffe
In total, Rudel flew over two thousand sorties in almost all types ofJu 87andabout 400in theFocke-Wulf 190, a total of 2,530 combat missions[8], still a world record. He destroyed almost 2,000 ground targets (including519 tanks), but also counted among his victories a battleship, two cruisers and a destroyer as well as9 certified aerial victories. He was shot down32 times(behind enemy lines), but always managed to escape despite the reward of 100,000 rubles thatStalinhimself had offered for his capture. The information Rudel collected during his career also served in the development of theThunderbolt II, in service with theUnited States Air Forcefrom the mid-1970s, as aground attack aircraft[9].
