A German Messerschmitt Bf 110 at sunrise on Greek airfield during the operation against Crete, 1941. In background transport Junkers Ju 52 transport aircrafts taking off. Victor Sierra

Dawn in Greece

RAF officers inspect the wreckage of a German bomber Junkers Ju 88 lying in the waters of the Suez Canal after being shot down by an RAF night fighter, likely the No. 30 Squadron’s Hurricane, near Kantara on the night of 9/10 September 1941. The Ju 88, note the swastika obscured for night missions, is likely one of the Luftwaffe’s bomber unit based at Crete or in Libya. Victor Sierra

Victim of the Hurricane night fighters

More and more girls are joining the Luftwaffe under Germany's total conscription campaign. They are replacing men transferred to the army to take up arms instead of planes against the advancing allied forces. Here, German girls are shown in training with men of the Luftwaffe, somewhere in Germany, on December 7, 1944.