GERMAN,
BAVARIAN DIAL.: Jessas im
Stuka. ‡‡
‡ ) [NOTE: the Stuka, Ju 87,
or Junkers, was a Nazi 2-man dive bomber aircraft first tested for combat as
part of the Luftwaffe’s support of Franco in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War
; the Stuka was very successful during the Blitzkriegs of 1938 through 1942, as
well as the early Russian front campaigns, & in the Balkans, Mediterranean
& African campaigns ; its flaws were revealed during the Battle of Britain
— lack of manoeuverability being the least of it — , & it was phased out
& by 1944 replaced by the Focker, according to Wiki.] “Jesus in a Stuka!”
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