German-made Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10 AS fighter aircraft rolling on the runway after landing. Plane with WkN.491333 number belonged to the lieutenant Oddone Colonna, 1st Fighter Group of the Italian Air Force. Lonate Pozzolo, Northern Italy. The Western Front of the Second World War in Europe.
In April 1945 this Messerschmitt Bf.109G-10 AS was damaged in a dogfight.
The ME 109 was damaged in a dog fight on 04/19/1945. My father was the tail gunner on the B24 that was shot down by Lt Colonna. I have a Christmas card and a handful of letters from Lt. Colonna. He and my father corresponded for some years after the war.