Sturzkampfgeschwader 1
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Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 was a Luftwaffe dive bomber wing during World War II.
Erhard Milch addresses airmen of StG 1 in Norway. A Ju 87R is in the background
A Ju 87 rearmed. Waterlogged airfields posed practical problems for mechanics
Ju 87 abandoned in Libya. The photograph shows all the distinct features of the aircraft
A StG 1 Ju 87 in the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago. It remains the only surviving aircraft from the geschwader.
HNoMS Æger (1936)
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HNoMS Æger was a Sleipner-class destroyer launched at Karljohansvern naval shipyard in Horten in 1936. The Sleipner class was part of a Norwegian rearmament scheme started as war became ever more likely in the 1930s. When the Germans invaded Norway on 9 April 1940, Æger intercepted and sank the clandestine German supply ship Roda. She was shortly afterwards attacked and sunk by German bombers, claiming two of the attacking aircraft with her anti-aircraft armament before being taken out of action by a heavy bomb. This makes her the first naval ship sunk by aeroplane in hostility.
Æger at sea, sometime before the Second World War
Roda sinking
The wreck of Æger near Stavanger in April 1940