ITA2769 1:48 Italeri Ju 87B-2/R-2 Stuka 'Picchiatello'

The JU-87 dive bomber is certainly one of the most famous airplanes of World War II.�??This characteristic �??inverted gull wing�?� aircraft became famous at the early stage of the war and it can be considered, together with the Wehrmacht Panzer Division, the symbol of the �??Blitzkrieg�?�. The Italian Regia Aeronautica requested to the German ally, before the beginning of the war, a specific supply of one hundred �??Stuka�?� to equip its ground attack and dive bombing Squadrons. The first Ju-87B units arrived in the summer of 1940 and went to equip the 96?� Gruppo Bombardamento a Tuffo. The Ju-87, either in the B2 version or in the extender range R2 version, equipped other �??Gruppi di Volo�?� for a total of 150 planes. The Italian �??Stuka�?�, nicknamed �??Picchiatello�?�, was used by Regia Aeronautica over Malta, in North Africa, in the Balkans and in the Mediterranean Theatre.