Transcript 2. Weltkrieg

WW 2
in the air and at sea
JUNKERS JU 88
Dive bomber/Tactical bomber/Night fighter/
Torpedo bomber/Heavy fighter
most versatile battle plane of the German air force
Bristol Beaufighter
Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter was a
heavy fighter and strike aircraft and
used by the RAF as fight bomber and night fighter
Waco CG-4A
The CG-4 Hadrian
(CG-4A Waco in US-use)
was a heavily used
troop carrying-glider
of the US Air Force
from 1942 on.
The CG-4A was put together from wood and metal.
Each glider had a pilot and a co-pilot. They were able to carry 13 soldiers
with full equipment or a jeep or a quarter-ton-truck.
The militray glider was loaded through the hinged nose.
U 995
German submarine, type VII C/41
Was put on duty in September 1943 and
completed nine enemy assaults.
After the end of the war the U 995
was used as test- and trainingship
KNM Kaura by the Norwegian marine.
USS_S-13
The S 13 carried up to 10 torpedoes
On September 7, 1954 the S 13 was taken off duty
January 30, 1945
Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk with
three torpedo shots
about 9.000 people
died
her sinking is one of the worst
seafaring catastrophes in history