German bomber Junkers Ju 88 flying over Libyan desert, September 1941. The plane, L1+AA, with African livery, is a Ju 88A-4/Trop of Luftwaffe’s III./LG 1 (Lehrgeschwader 1/Demonstration Wing 1), an unit of the X. Fliegerkorps Fliegerführer Afrika based in Libya and equipped with about thirty Ju 88s. Victor Sierra

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German Luftwaffe soldier with captured Soviet AT rifles.

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Mechanics working to lift, making use of a block and tackle, a Junkers Ju 88C-1 of the I Gruppe of the Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (I./NJG2) which has experienced a crash landing on El Quasaba, Libya, August 1942, likely for right undercarriage failure. The NJG 2 was a Luftwaffe’s night fighter squadron moved in Mediterranean Theatre on November 1941 when its Gruppen 2 and 4 (2./NJG2 and 4./NJG2) was transferred to Catania, Sicily, and afterwards to Beghazi, Libya. The first “kill” was claimed on 13 December when Obfw Hermann Sommer downing a Bristol Beaufighter, South Crete. The other NJG2’s Gruppe moved in MTO was the 1 Gruppe, 1./NJG2, the unit of this photo’s plane, which assured night cover from many Libyan bases: Benina, Barce, Derna, Benghazi, El Quasaba and from Crete. Victor Sierra