File:Tailplane from Junkers Ju 87R-2 Stuka (WkNr. 0875709 - L1+KU) (50454299737).jpg

English: This tailplane is from a Stuka which was operating with 1/StG 5 (Sturzkampfgeschwader 5) on the Russian Front when it was shot down on 28th May 1942. The both crew survived, probably by bailing out. The pilot was Leutnant Eberhardt Klauck and the observer was Obergefreiter Hans Hüllen.

Recovered in the late 1990’s, the bulk of the airframe found it’s way to North America and is under restoration to flying condition at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Seattle. Wings Museum, Balcombe, West Sussex, UK 20th August 2020

The following information is from warbirdsnews.com and was written for a news article relating to the restoration being carried out in Seattle, Washington:-

“Werke Numer 5709 was built under license by Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH in Bremen, rolling off their production line during May, 1940. According to FHCAM, this Stuka was originally intended for service in North Africa, but instead it wound up taking part in the invasion of the Soviet Union. Here the Stuka saw a lot of action. However, she eventually fell in battle, crashing close to Motowski Bay in the Murmansk region of present-day Russia on May 28th, 1942 while serving with I./St.G.5 (marked as L1+KU). Her pilot, Lt. Eberhardt Klauck, and observer, OGefr. Hans Hüllen, reportedly survived the incident and made it back to German lines, although there is some evidence that Hüllen became a POW. They likely bailed out of their stricken aircraft as it was badly wrecked in the ensuing crash. The battered remains of this Stuka lay largely undisturbed for the next five decades until someone rediscovered them during 1996. A recovery then took place, with the wreck being imported to Britain in 1998. According to FHCAM, the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin acquired the remains a short while later, one of several Stuka projects that they have owned over the years. Wk.nr.5709 is believed to have moved on to FHCAM sometime in 2004.”