Libya, 1941

Ain-el-Gazala, Libya, April 1941: A German aircraftman on the driver’s seat of a CMP Ford F15 likely of the British Army’s 2nd Armoured Division, captured intact after the defeat at el-Mechili. Notice the German flag over the bonnet to avoid a dangerous misunderstanding by the Axis air forces.  It is being used to tow a Henschel Hs 126B observation plane.