The Oberleutnant Joachim Deicke, Staffelkapitän 6./JG77, on board of its MC.205 “Yellow 1”, October 1943. Note the Balkenkreuz superimposed to original Italian white band on the fuselage. Deicke closed the WW2 with 18 “kills. For the Luftwaffe’s pilots the MC.205 was fast and good to fly except for a tendency to enter a spin easily when losing speed in tight turns. A further disadvantage was the aircraft’s Italian radio because, despite talking over a powerful transmitter, it is barely possibly to communicate with the aircraft. Victor Sierra

MC.205’s German pilot

One of Macchi MC.205V “Veltro” Italian fighters seized by Germans after the Italy’s Armistice, 8 September 1943, and transferred to Luftwaffe’s Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG77) at this time stationed in Northern Italy. From its base of Lagnasco, near Cuneo, Piedmont. In particular this “Veltro” ("Yellow 1" MM92212) was the aircraft flown by Staffelkapitän of 6./JG77 Oberleutnant Joachim Deicke. October 1943. Victor Sierra

A Luftwaffe’s MC.205

Luftwaffe’s mechanics servicing the MC.205’s DB605 engine on a JG77’s aircraft at Lagnasco. For German technical personnel the MC.205’s refueling and rearming are very intricate, so that re-establishing operational readiness is very difficult. Victor Sierra