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  Luftwaffe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
World War II Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive-bombers in formation circa 1939-1940 By the summer of 1939, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II, the Luftwaffe had become the most powerful air force in the world.
A chain of radar stations was established All across the Reich territory from Norway to the border with Switzerland known as the "Kammhuber Line", named for Generalleutnant Josef Kammhuber, and nearby night-fighter wings, Nachtjagdgeschwader (NJG), were alerted to the presence of the enemy.
The aircraft was still plagued by reliability problems of its powerplants, however: while the Junkers Jumo 004 engines were of the advanced axial-flow design, they suffered from a lack of high-quality strategic materials required during the manufacturing process, a result of the Allied bombing offensive and the turn of War fortunes for Germany.
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 1940 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
May 14 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and her government flee to London; Rotterdam subjected to savage terror bombing by the Luftwaffe - 980 killed, 20,000 buildings destroyed.
June 13 - World War II: Paris is declared an open city.
June 17 - World War II: Luftwaffe Junkers 88 bomber sinks British ship RMS Lancastria, that was evacuating troops from near Saint-Nazaire, France.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1940   (3505 words)

  
 Airmail Around the World
Junkers F-13 planes flew the mail in South America in the 1930s.
On September 13, 1911, France tested its own airmail system in its Moroccan colonial cities of Casablanca and Fez.
Also, the independent German airline companies operating in South America joined Lufthansa, which expanded along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of South America, flying Junkers F-13 and Junkers G-24 floatplanes and using powerful Ju-52s to cross the Andes.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Government_Role/non-US_airmail/POL7.htm   (1477 words)

  
 July 8 Events in History
July 8, 1990 Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
July 8, 1923 Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland
July 8, 1891 61 degrees F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore and Phila
www.brainyhistory.com /days/july_8.html   (1957 words)

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