The Stukas return: tactics and technique used in a dive-bombing attack on a Mediterranean convoy during the Second World War. Diving 7000 feet in 13.75 seconds: pictures showing the special fittings and tactics used in dive-bombing by Germany's Stukas JU87B dive-bomber, which have reappeared in the Mediterranean. Despite an attack lasting from dawn till dusk, the convoy escaped and at least 12 German planes were shot down.