Me 109
Me 109s of JG/2 (the Richthofen Squadron) at a Luftwaffe airfield in Western Europe in the summer of 1940. The plane in the foreground was assigned to Oberleutnant Helmut Wick, a Luftwaffe ace with 56 victories at the time he was shot down on Nov. 28, 1940. Wick had 32 victory bars on the rudder of his plane at the time this photo was taken. (U.S. Air Force photo)