The front cargo doors of a huge Messerschmitt Gigant open to unload horses. the six-engined transport, which could carry 25,000 lbs. of freight, became a vital cargo carrier on the vast Eastern Front, after Hitler's invasion of the Soviet-Union. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

GIGANT

Ace Hans-Joachim Marseille thanks his ground crew for keeping his Me 109 in good flying order. During the 12 months in which he scored more than 150 kills over N.Africa, his plane was not hit by a single enemy bullet. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Hans-Joachim Marseille

At a muddy forward airfield that is still lacking basic equipment with which to service it's aircraft, burly Luftwaffe Crew Members haul bombs on their shoulders, forward to a waiting bomber. (scanned by HOS Bandit)