Axis servicemen – an Italian Army’s Officer and a soldier in foreground, in background on the right near the cockpit a German – inspecting a RAF’s Hawker Hurricane compelled to a forced landing in the desert (note the tail wheel ripped out and other damages under the tail). Perhaps year 1941. Victor Sierra

Axis inspection

Near El Adem, turn-off of the Bardia Road, Libya, May 1941. A broken propeller blade and a wooden cross mark the grave of the Sergeant J.H.G Webster, Hurricane’s pilot of the No 73 Squadron Royal Air Force, killed in action on 14 April 1941. Nearby the grave the wreck, completely burned, of his plane. Two private of Headquarters, 26th Australian Infantry Brigade, pay their respects. Victor Sierra

Grave in the desert

A German officer make a series of surveys over the RAF’s Hurricane Z4932 “B” downed by the Luftwaffe’s JG27 over the North African desert, 1941 or 1942. Note under the canopy the name “KIWI”: the pilot is perhaps a New Zealander? Victor Sierra