Editing Junkers Ju 87 (section)

===Decline and end of production===
After evaluating Ju 87 operations on the Eastern Front, Göring ordered production limited to 200 per month in total. ''{{ill|General der Schlachtflieger|de}}'' ("General of Ground Attack"{{sfn|McNab|2012|p=278}}) [[Ernst Kupfer]] decided continued development would "hardly bring any further tactical value". [[Adolf Galland]], a fighter pilot with operational and combat experience in ground attack, said that abandoning development would be premature, but 150 machines per month would be sufficient.<ref name="Griehl 2001, p. 118."/>
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-642-4711-08, Produktion von Junkers Ju 87.jpg|thumb|left| Two Junkers Ju 87 Ds near completion]]

On 28 July 1943, strike and bomber production was to be scaled down, and fighter and bomber destroyer production given priority. On 3 August 1943, Milch contradicted this and declared that this increase in fighter production would not affect production of the Ju 87, Ju 188, Ju 288 and Ju 290. This was an important consideration as the life expectancy of a Ju 87 had been reduced (since 1941) from 9.5 months to 5.5 months to just 100 operational flying hours.<ref name="Griehl 2001, p. 120.">{{harvnb|Griehl|2001|p=120}}</ref> On 26 October, Kupfer reported the Ju 87 could no longer survive in operations and that the Focke-Wulf Fw 190F should take its place. Milch finally agreed and ordered the minimal continuance of Ju 87 D-3 and D-5 production for a smooth transition period.<ref name="Griehl 2001, p. 120."/>
In May 1944, production wound down. 78 Ju 87s were built in May and 69 rebuilt from damaged machines. In the next six months, 438 Ju 87 Ds and Gs were added to the Ju 87 force as new or repaired aircraft. It is unknown whether any Ju 87s were built from parts unofficially after December 1944 and the end of production.<ref name="Griehl 2001, p. 120."/>

Overall, 550 Ju 87 As and B2s were completed at the Junkers factory in Dessau. Production of the Ju 87 R and D variants was transferred to the Weserflug company, which produced 5,930 of the 6,500 Ju 87s produced in total.{{sfn|Griehl|2001|pp=120–121}} During the course of the war, little damage was done to the WFG plant at Lemwerder. Attacks throughout 1940-45 caused little lasting damage and succeeded only in damaging some Ju 87 airframes, in contrast to the Focke-Wulf plant in Bremen.{{sfn|Griehl|2001|pp=131–133}} At Berlin-Tempelhof, little delay or damage was caused to Ju 87 production, despite the heavy bombings and large-scale destruction inflicted on other targets. The WFG again went unscathed. The Junkers factory at Dessau was heavily attacked, but not until Ju 87 production had ceased. The Ju 87 repair facility at the [[Wels]] aircraft works was destroyed on 30 May 1944, and the site abandoned Ju 87 links.{{sfn|Griehl|2001|p=134}}