Messerschmitt Bf 109 of Luftwaffe’s JG53 on a Southern Italy airfield perhaps after his return on Mediterranean Theatre Operational (MTO) on 1942. The white band of the aircraft 9 (Yellow 9?) and of the other German planes of this photo (another Bf 109, a Bf 110 and Ju 52) was adopted by the Luftwaffe’s airplanes on MTO. Victor Sierra

Luftwaffe in Southern Italy

El Alouina Airfield, Tunisia, two German plane abandoned after the Axis retreat from North Africa, 1943. The planes are a Focke-Wulf FW 190A, likely the aircraft code KM+EY, WNr2676, of III Gruppe/Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 (III/SKG10) and Henschel Hs 129 perhaps of 5/PzSG1. Victor Sierra

Tunisia: the end

San Severo Airfield, near Foggia, Southern Italy, August 1943: Messerschmitt 109G-6/Trop of Luftwaffe’s II/JG3 (II Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 3) armed with two rocket launchers of 210 mm Werfergranate 21 (Wfr. Gr. 21), or 21 cm BR under the wing. Victor Sierra