Stuka

[stoo-kuh; German shtoo-kah]

noun

Origin of Stuka

1940–45; < German Stu(rz)- ka(mpfflugzeug) dive bomber, equivalent to Sturz dive + Kampfflugzeug combat plane

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The Stuka was sloping down toward one of the transport ships.
A Yankee Flier in Italy
Rutherford G. Montgomery
The diving Stuka's death load hit on the far side of the road.
Dave Dawson at Dunkirk
Robert Sydney Bowen
No one challenged Garret when he claimed one Stuka and a Messerschmitt.
A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.
Rutherford G. Montgomery
They sent the Stuka into a nose dive, spewing bombs to lighten their load, but they were not fast enough.
A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.
Rutherford G. Montgomery
His Brownings opened up and he saw the Stuka stagger and swerve as he thundered past in a hissing dive.
A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.
Rutherford G. Montgomery

Word Origin and History for stuka

German dive bomber of World War II, 1940, from German shortening of Sturzkampfflugzeug, from sturz "fall" + kampf "battle" + flugzeug "aircraft."