The First Shturmovik

The Germans beat the Russians in developing a ground-attack airplane—by an entire war. During World War I, few combat assignments were as dangerous and as disliked by aircrews as ground-attack missions. Strafing was certainly terrifying to troops in the trenches, but it was no picnic for the airmen either. Flying low and slow over enemy …

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