American strategic bomber B-17 bombing military factory Focke-Wulf in Marienburg. It was the first major U.S. air raid on German territory. On the way back the bombers were intercepted rose into the air by German fighters. Americans have lost about 80 aircraft.
Command Group III 54 fighter squadron Reinhard Seiler (Gruppenkommander III./JG54 Reinhard Seiler) in his Messerschmitt Bf-109F-4. Photo is dated May 1942. Aerodrome Siverskaya Leningrad region.