Image from a photo album relating to II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 3: Ground crew help to strap in Hauptmann Erich Woitke, Staffelkapitän of and acting Gruppenkommandeur of from 1st October 1940 until 23rd November 1940, as he prepares to take off in his Messerschmitt Bf 109E from Wierre au Bois in the summer of 1940.

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