3 high altitude luftwaffe bomber  pilots look worn after their mission . 

After the mission

Messerschmitt Bf 110 of the Luftwaffe’s Zerstörergeschwader 26 (ZG 26) "Horst Wessel" in maintenance on a Sicilian airfield. Notice the nose compartment weapons open and, in background, a multi-engine Italian aircraft (S.81?). The aircraft is a Bf 110C/D of the 9. Staffel of the III Gruppe (III./ZG 26). The III./ZG 26, as part of X. Fliegerkorps (10th German Air Corps), was the Bf 110 unit deployed in Sicily. The X. Fliegerkorps order of battle 12 January 1941 specify the III./ZG 26 based at Palermo with 34 Bf 110D-3 on strength, 16 of them completely serviceable. On 22 February 1941 the strength of III./ZG 26, again at Palermo, is increased to 40 Bf 110D-3, full serviceable 31. On 22 March 1941 the 9. Staffel, 15 aircraft, 11 full serviceable, is the only unit of the “Horst Wessel” in Sicily, while the entire III./ZG 26 is already in North Africa. The III./ZG 26, except the 7. Staffel still in North Africa, will return in Sicily, at Trapani, on January 1942 as part of the Luftfotte 2. Victor Sierra

"Horst Wessel" in Sicily

Last moments of Heinkel He 115 W.Nr. 20382 of 1./406 on 6 February 1944 as it is shot down by a Mosquito of 333 Squadron near Bremanger, Norway. Ofw Herman Borgards and his crew didn't survive.