Messerschmitt Bf.109 of Luftwaffe's Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53) "Pik As" lined up on airport of Southern Italy, 1943. At various time, from 1942 to 1944, the Gruppen of JG 77 was committed in Italy. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-468-1404). Victor Sierra

"Pik As" 

Messerschmitt Bf.109G-6 of III Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 77 (III/JG 77), the Luftwaffe's Jagdgeschwader "Herz As", in a Sicilian airport, perhaps Sciacca, Summer 1943. Victor Sierra

"Herz As" in Southern Italy

Messerschmitt Bf.109 of Luftwaffe's Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53) in an airstrip somewhere in South-Central Italy at the foot of Appennines Chain, 1944. The Gruppen of JG 53 was committed in Italy time after time, from 1942 to end of 1944. Victor Sierra