German Air Force

Among the desert’s sand

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This aerial view of five Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitt Bf 109 taking-off from a North African airfield give a meaningful idea of the operational conditions in the presence of the thin desert’s sand and dust raised at the smallest air’s movement (imagine the propeller’s blow!). Note the plane on the left fully run by the sand clouds raised by in front aircrafts: a delight for the visibility and for propeller and aircraft’s forward section, although the anti-sand filter is able to preserve the engine. Victor Sierra