MYTH OF THE TANKBUSTER.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- HARVEY, A. D.
- Source
- Aviation History. Mar2019, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p26-33. 8p. 1 Color Photograph, 10 Black and White Photographs, 1 Diagram.
- Subject
- *MILITARY jets
*ANTITANK weapons
*WORLD War II
*JUNKERS airplanes
*HURRICANE (Fighter plane)
*MORANE-Saulnier aircraft
- Language
- ISSN
- 1076-8858
The article discusses whether ground-attack and anti-tank aircraft were as successful during World War II as conventional wisdom on the subject has dictated. It examines the record of several anti-tank aircraft such as the Junkers Ju-87G, Morane-Saulnier MS 406, and the Hawker Hurricane Mark IID.