Good picture. A Bf 109 G-6Trop at the main airfield Comiso, southern Sicily in early 1942. Note the fuselage access hatch is fitted upside down. The Germans left in such a hurry that there seem to have been a few aircraft left behind. Has anyone got a report of the capture and conditions at...
Capt. I. V. Bochkov of the 19th GIAP in front of his P-400 Aircobra I number “16” in East Carelia in 1942. Bochkov was killed in action on April 4, 1943 and was posthumously awarded the Golden Star on May 1, 1943 having scored 7 personal and 32 shared victories.