Yes. It was one of only two positions on a Stuka - the pilot or the tail gunner. While the pilot focused on getting to it's bombing run, the rear gunner would deter allied planes from shooting them...
Herman Pohlmann, of the Junkers firm, was the principal designer. But the Ju 87, like most aircraft was a team effort. There is very, very very, rarely a single person who is responsible for the...
The Junkers Ju-87 "Stuka" was a one engined dive bomber. It was mainly used to attack European countries but appeared in Russia and the middle east. However they were slow and had a flimsy airframe...
In December 1942 an agreement was reached that spelled out the need for a very long range aircraft that could be used as a Recon aircraft, a bomber, and also when the time came deliver a Nuclear Bomb...