An abandoned German Luftwaffe aircraft lies in a field beside a rural roadway, its swastika-marked tail fin still visible, likely photographed by an American serviceman during the 101st Airborne Division's advance through Germany in the final months of World War II. Such derelict aircraft, disabled by combat, fuel shortages, or hasty retreat, were a common sight across the collapsing German war machine in 1945. Project: 218245