This page from the French-language edition of Der Adler magazine profiles a Luftwaffe fighter squadron stationed in the Mediterranean theater during World War II, tasked with escorting Axis transport aircraft supplying German forces in North Africa. The photographs -- pilots at rest, a scramble-alert bell, and post-mission ground activity -- were taken by embedded Propaganda Company (PK) war correspondents and published to showcase the readiness and camaraderie of German fighter crews, circa 1942-1943. Project: 218709