An Ju 52-3m(W) of the Luftwaffe’s LuftTranspost Staffel (See) 1 moored along the beach of a small Aegean island during the operations in the Aegean Sea against Italian an British troops on Autumn 1943. At this time the LuftTranspost Staffel (See) 1, later-TG4, were based in Greece, at Skaramanga, Piraeus, allocated to X Fliegerkorps. Victor Sierra

In the Aegean sector

Junkers Ju 52 floatplanes of the Luftwaffe’s LuftTranspost Staffel (See) 1 in a supply mission over the Aegean during the German operations against the Italians and British troops in the Aegean islands of Kos and Leros on Autumn 1943. Kos was occupied o 3 October 1943 and three days later 103 Italian soldiers was killed, after their surrender, by the German troops. Leros was occupied by the German in the same October after 22 days of fierce resistance of the Italian troops supported by many British and Indian soldiers. Many Italians soldiers was killed by the Germans after the surrender. Victor Sierra

Mission over the Aegean

Palermo, Boccadifalco airfield, Sicily, late 1941 or early 1942: Focke Wulf FW 44 likely a liaison and courier plane of the Luftwaffe’s Transport Staffel/II Fliegerkorp and Ju 52 in maintenance. Victor Sierra