Hitler's obsessive thinking about the bomb hit a British city, didn't allow to focus on the defense of their own country. Those pilots in the second half of the war, were doomed, but always showed, unquestionable usefulness of fighter units and high qualifications of the Luftwaffe staff.
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| Messerschmitt Bf109 G6/R of 12./JG3 fitted with loaded underwing 21 cm WGr mortar tubes photographed at San Severo, in central Italy, in August 1943 |
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| Know your enemy - under the Mediterranean sun, Sicily-based Germn fighter pilots receive open air instruction on how to attack a B-24 in 1943 |
