Some had been tested before 1939. WWII was the moment they proved they belonged on almost every aircraft that followed.
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke pioneered German aviation with the He 111, He 178, He 280 and He 219 before moving into scooters and cars after WWII.
The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, "dive bomber") was a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft.
May 1945. The war ends, and the Luftwaffe collapses overnight. Across Europe, thousands of German aircraft sit abandoned, from classic[...] ...