Every picture tells a story. So, looks like a Bf 109 E with Tropical air filter down in N. Africa. I don't really see battle damage, but there are a lot of details. Firstly, look at the flat landscape, I guess those troops felt pretty vulnerable out there! Are they a recovery team or just passing? The aircraft has the canopy off, and it is there on the far right of pic so, probably retained for landing as it would likely be miles away otherwise. Forced landing advice was to retain canopy and land wheels-up unless a pretty perfect landing ground was just where you needed it! However, we can see here that the left mainwheel is unlocked. It is possible that it never locked-down, or if this was just after take-off, it never locked-up. Noticing that the u/c door looks OK, I suspect that someone has pulled the u/c up-lock release after the landing. There are other clues, the refuel hatch on the top of rear fuselage is undone and sticking up, the first-aid kit fuselage access hatch has 3 of its quick release fasteners undone and is wrenched around, hanging from its bottom left corner, the cowlings are undone. Also, there looks to be a brew coming along from a stove/billy can under the front of the left wing and something strange is under the front of the engine/prop that blocks the view at the front.
Overall, an interesting picture.
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