once again, keep it on topic!!!! one think the stats won't mention is the fact that the IL-2 was better armoured, or that it was better as a fighter..........
That means a lot coming from you! I don't think! as for it being on topic, I think that it is. You see the Stuka, unlike the IL2, was not designed to be anything other than a dive-bomber but the chances of war altered all of that. Though Stukas were considered for night ground-attack at one time.
Actually the Stuka had an automatic pull-up system. The pilot would set the mission parameters into it and put the plane into the dive. It would be pulled out of the dive automatically. Kind of like a very specialised autopilot.