Bf 109E3 7.JG26 (W13+I) Walter Blume, Caffiers ,France 1940 



Topping up oil

The Focke-Wulf FW 190 landed by mistake on 28 April 1945 at Villafranca, new “home” of the USAAF’s 57th Fighter Group, repaired and set on foot. As it is see the airplane is almost intact. Victor Sierra

Set on foot

Werner Schröer, Luftwaffe’s ace which ended the war credited with 114 victories included 26 four-engines bombers, claimed in 197 combat missions, view through the armored windshield of his Bf 109. The photo was taken on February 1943 when the Schröer’s unit, II./JG27 (II Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 27), were deployed at Maritsa airfield, Rhode. Schröer, newly promoted Hauptmann in the same month, on 22 April 1943 was made Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 27. Victor Sierra