Part of the Isle of Man's extensive aviation series of the 1990s, this crown commemorates the Junkers Ju 87, the German dive-bomber whose distinctive inverted gull wings and fixed undercarriage made it the sound of Blitzkrieg across Poland and France. The Stuka's psychological weapon — the Jericho trumpet siren mounted on its landing gear — was arguably as effective as its bomb load in the early war years, until RAF Fighter Command dismantled that reputation during the Battle of Britain in 1940, where its slow speed and poor maneuverability proved catastrophic without heavy fighter escort.
Part of the Isle of Man's extensive aviation series of the 1990s, this crown commemorates the Junkers Ju 87, the German dive-bomber whose distinctive inverted gull wings and fixed undercarriage made it the sound of Blitzkrieg across Poland and France. The Stuka's psychological weapon — the Jericho trumpet siren mounted on its landing gear — was arguably as effective as its bomb load in the early war years, until RAF Fighter Command dismantled that reputation during the Battle of Britain in 1940, where its slow speed and poor maneuverability proved catastrophic without heavy fighter escort.