Messerschmitt Bf 109Fs of the Luftwaffe’s JG53 “Pik As” in “desert” livery flying over the North Africa. Photo (Bundesarchiv Bild 1011-443-1588-09, date 18 June 1942) likely taken by an escorted Axis planes. Victor Sierra

Bf 109 over North Africa

A Luftwaffe’s Junkers Ju 88 on Tamet airfield, Libya, during a daylight raid by Bristol Blenheims of No. 253 Wing RAF, perhaps 1941. The German bomber not appear touched by the bombs exploding over the airfield. Victor Sierra

Daylight raid

German fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe’s JG53 scrambling on La Marsa airfield, Tunisia, Spring 1943. Victor Sierra