Luftwaffe mechanic looks under the bonnet of Ju-87 B dive bomber on a North African airstrip, 1941; precise date and place not known.  Just visible through the haze, background right, is a Ju-52 transport aircraft.  Best regards, JR.

Routine service.

Ju-52 transport in operation in resupply of the Demanysk Pocket, early 1942.  The Luftwaffe was to a large extent successful in supplying the Demanysk and Kholm Pockets until breakout became possible.  This seems to have encouraged Reichsmarschall Goering to believe that he could achieve the same on a much larger scale - at Stalingrad, later in the year.  Big and costly mistake ... JR.

Luftwaffe over Demanysk.

Messerschmitt Bf 109F-2/Trop. werk. nr 10074 yellow "5" of 6./JG 27 captured by Australian troops on 14 August 1942 after belly landing near El-Alamein. Pilot Lt Gerhard MIX was taken P.O.W.
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