Me 109 groundcrew loading up with cannon ammo.Somewhere cold.Greetz,Brummbar

Me 109

Maintenance crew checking and reloading Me 109 guns.I wonder what the guy sitting in the cockpit is holding.At first glance  it looks like a gun,but then what would it do there?These photos come from a great site but sadly there are no captions with the photos.So please correct me if my interpretations is  are wrong!Greetz,Brummbar

The last one of this Me 109 series.One very succesfull pilot with fellow pilot and cats and dog.Who was he and did he survive?Greetz,brummbar