WWII - Luftwaffe - Blohm & Voss 1944

The Nazi propaganda image shows the machine gunner of a German Wehrmacht Blohm and Voss BV138 Reconnaissance plane on a mission on the Eastern Front. Published in March 1944. A Nazi reporter has written on the back of the picture, "At the slewing ring of a rear gunner station on an airboat. The task of the airboat is as follows: 'Maritime patrol in the easterly Black Sea!' The long, often 7- or 8-hour flights over enemy waters necessitates maximum physical exertion and concentration. Particularly near to the enemy coast, the greatest level of attention is required. - Our picture shows: at the slewing ring of rear machine gunner, the safety of airspace crews is ensured against the attacks of enemy fighters." usage worldwide