F32087 WWII LUFTWAFFE BOMBENPERSONAL + BOMB LOADER + SC250 BOMB N°2

SC250 (German: Sprengbombe Cylindrisch 250) is a German air bomb with a weight of 250 kilograms from the Second World War. The total length was up to 164 cm, and the diameter - up to 37 cm. Bombs of this type could carry up to 130 kilograms of explosive charge. Depending on the version of the SC250, they were of a single structure or were composed of two or three sections. Type 1 bombs (German Gutteklasse I) were uniform, Type 2 - had two sections made of steel, and Type 3 (German Gutteklasse III) - already three sections made of steel or hardened steel. The bombs used various types of detonators - mainly shock and time fuses. SC250 bombs could be dropped from such planes as, for example, Junkers Ju-88, Junkers Ju-87, Heinkel He-111 or Dornier Do-17.The Luftwaffe is a German air force that began to form in February 1935 under a special order of the Nazi dictator of Germany - Adolf Hitler. The commander of the Luftwaffe - from its very beginning, actually until the end of World War II - was Herman Göring. From 1935 to 1939, the amount of Luftwaffe equipment grew by leaps and bounds, and so did the number of ground personnel. This tendency continued until the end of World War II. It is assumed that in 1939-1945, a total of around 3.4 million people served in the German armed forces, the lion's share of which was ground personnel. At the start of the September campaign, the Luftwaffe had approximately 900,000. people, and in the summer of 1941 that number grew to 1.5 million people. However, at the beginning of 1944, the Luftwaffe already numbered about 3 million people, which was the maximum it achieved during World War II. This number (3 million people) included, inter alia, 600 thousand. people serving in anti-aircraft artillery and 530 thousand. people in auxiliary units. It is assumed that from the beginning of the war to January 1945, the losses of Luftwaffe personnel amounted to approx. 140,000. people killed and approx. 155 thousand. missing persons.