German Air Force

Axis fighters

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The two most famous Axis fighters of the Mediterranean theatre on a Sicilian airfield, perhaps Comiso, Spring 1943: a Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitt Bf.109G of II.Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 51 “Mölders” (II./JG51) and, landing, an Italian Regia Aeronautica’s Macchi MC.202 “Folgore” (Bundesarchiv Bild 11-468 \1415-04). Victor Sierra