Western Desert, Egypt, 14 August 1942: the Messerschmitt Bf 109F "Yellow 5" of Luftwaffe’s 6/JG27 piloted by the Leutnant Gert Mix was captured by the Australian Forces when made a forced landing in the rear of the Australian lines near El Alamein. The photo depict the aircraft loaded on to a transport to be taken to RAF workshops for examination by experts. Victor Sierra

Captured at El Alamein

SG 113 A &quot;Förstersonde&quot; (vertical firing AT weapon) on a FW-190 F-8 - the only time the weapon was used on the front. During tests it cracked the 18mm roof armour of a Panther as well as the 30mm roof armour of the T-34 and the 48mm of a Sherman tank.
Barrel caliber: 77mm
Projectile caliber: 45mm
Length: 1650mm
Weight: 48kg
Muzzle velocity: 650 m/sec

SG 113 A &quot;Förstersonde&quot;

Foggia Main Airfield, Southern Italy, late 1943: rear view of a Focke-Wulf FW 190 captured seemingly by the Allied forces and already with the American stars likely for flight test. On the right the nose of an Italian car Fiat 1500 with the white fender, obligatory during the wartime, perhaps former Italian Air Force, seized as staff car. Victor Sierra