"White 17" of 7./JG53 a 109G-6 with rocket tubes photographed at Villa Orba,Italy in December 1943.Here the aircraft has been jacked up in order to have its weapons bore sighted.

"White 17" 

Fw.Lang a pilot in 7./JG53,prepares for the next sortie in front of his Bf 109-G6 at Villa Orba,Italy late 1943.Clearly discernable beneath the wing is a loaded rocket tube.

Preparing for the next sortie

Bore sighting the weapons of "White 2" a G-2 trop of 4./JG53 The aircraft was probably photographed at Comiso,Sicily in the autumn of 1942.