Word: stuka
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...Tunisia, an ungainly aircraft whose name once spelled terror passed into the twilight. Germany's famed Stuka (Junkers 87) had paid the penalty of age. The Stuka was no longer a dreaded hawk but cold turkey for British and American fliers, who had command of the air and knew what to do with...
Convinced that the Stuka had been a nuisance rather than a menace through most of the great desert campaign, the R.A.F. reiterated one of its favorite tactical doctrines: not only the Stuka but the dive-bomber itself was obsolete...
This double use of air power was not suddenly invented in the last fortnight. It was in evidence at El Alamein. It had been developing for a long time, ever since the inferior Allies had withdrawn on many fronts under Stuka harassment. It was an elaboration of German methods (which have long stressed the tactical air force) and an amalgam of U.S. and British methods...
...fleet two years ago-the first reporter in either World War I or II to see action from the bridge of a fighting ship. The result was exciting first-person copy, and two miraculous escapes from death: 1) when Allen and the aircraft carrier Illustrious survived a seven-hour Stuka-torpedo plane attack in January 1941; 2) when Allen, who could not swim, almost went to the bottom with the torpedoed British cruiser Galatea...
...Stuka again who provided the demise for the Crimson by stealing home and putting the soldiers in the lead, winning the game. Three of Harvard's brightest stars, Gallagher, Vin Leahy, and Ned Fitzgibbons, had been busy and could not show up for the game until the sixth inning, which may have helped to keep the team behind...