Leutnant Walter Nowotny, Staffelkapitan of 1./JG54, taxies 'White One' out from a crowded dispersal onto the snow-covered runway at Krasnogvardeisk in Russia, February 1943. With their temporary whitewash colour scheme glinting in the early morning sunlight, the Fw190A-4s pose a menacing spectacle as they line up to follow the fighters of 2./JG54, already airborne, into the cold morning air.
