Lt. Rolf Schlegel of 4./JG 53 climbing into the cockpit of his G-6 ‘Trop’ ‘white 6’ for a spell at 'readiness' during early 1943 in Tunisia. Note the 'painted' cowl gun troughs. Schlegel flew as Staffelkapitän 10./JG 4 during February-March 1945 and was posted to EJG 2 at Lechfeld for jet training for the final months of the war. He returned nine victories. Click to view large
