Bf 109 G-6/R6 W.Nr. 20 266 "Weisse 3" "PM+SJ", Lt. Harti Schmiedel, 4./JG 53, Salerno docks, 12 September 1943. Source: photo Lt. Cliff, IWM, inv. NA 6810.
Lt Harti Schmiedel was shot down 19 August 1943 and had to ditch his machine 3 km W of Salerno; he survived albeit wounded.
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, ITALY, THE BALKANS AND AUSTRIA 1942-1946 (NA 6810) Original wartime caption: ME 109 destroyed in the docks at Salerno during German demolition work. Copyright: IWM. Original Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205521632
Bf 109 G-6/R6 W.Nr. 20 266 "Weisse 3" "PM+SJ", Lt. Harti Schmiedel, 4./JG 53, Salerno docks, 12 September 1943. Source: photo Lt. Cliff, IWM, inv. NA 6810.
Lt Harti Schmiedel was shot down 19 August 1943 and had to ditch his machine 3 km W of Salerno; he survived albeit wounded.
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, ITALY, THE BALKANS AND AUSTRIA 1942-1946 (NA 6810) Original wartime caption: ME 109 destroyed in the docks at Salerno during German demolition work. Copyright: IWM. Original Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205521632