A crashed Bf 109 E, 'White 14' of 1./JG 26. This aircraft was temporarily repainted with the French national insignia before being transported across Germany from the Western Front in an attempt to mislead German civilians into thinking that only Allied aircraft were being shot down. Stizkrieg period, 1939.

Deceiting aircraft

Stuka Ju-87 D in a spot of bother (?1942).  As I remarked earlier, a Stuka was capable of a near-vertical dive - but not all pilots managed to pull off the trick.  A guess as to how this might have happened is that the dive was slightly miscalculated, resulting in a stall, leading to the aircraft ploughing into the wheatfield upside down.  If this is correct, then it is hard to see how the pilot, at least, could have survived.  Best regards, JR.

Stuka belly up ...

He 112 exhibited for the first time to the international public at the International Aviation Saloon of 1937 in Milan. DVX