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    Airframe Family: Junkers Ju-87
    Latest Model:Ju-87R-2 Stuka
    Last Military Serial:A5+HL Luftwaffe
    Construction Number:5954
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Ju-87R-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Luftwaffe with s/n A5+HL.

    1941

    It was abandoned in North Africa and found by British forces in 1941.

    To Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

    Contracted to EAA, WI for work on the airframe.

    1974

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: A5+HL
    Painted in a desert camouflage.

    To Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL.
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    10 November 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    28 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Hughes
    Notes: I took this photo while visiting Chicago.

    February 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    28 December 2018


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    28 December 2018


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    20 July 2023


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: At the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, July 20, 2023
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