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Messerschmitt Bf-109E JG26.7 01

 

Photo 01: Reloading the fuselage-mounted MG 17 guns of a Bf-109E belonging to 7./JG26.

 

Messerschmitt Bf-109E JG26.7 line-up Gela, Sicily March 1941 01

 

Photo 01: Line up of Bf-109E-7s of 7./JG26 on Sicily.

 

Messerschmitt Bf-109E JG26.7 Gela, Sicily 1941 01-03

Messerschmitt Bf-109E JG26.7 (W_+I) Gela, Sicily 1941 01

Photo’s 01-04: Various scenes featuring aircraft, pilots and ground personnel of 7./JG26 while operating against Malta from Sicily. All these aircraft carry the red heart badge of the Staffel on their cowlings. This badge was later adopted by Jagdgeschwader 77 Herzas which Muncheberg commanded between 1 October 1942 and 23 March 1943.