[falcon04]

Another copy of the original photo - from "Warbirds Illustrated NO.1" circa 1981. The photo, despite being printed to a larger size, is not any better in quality.

What is if interest is the caption:

"A Junkers 88C fighter of III./KG 76 at Catania, Sicily, May 1943. This aircraft was flown by Hauptmann Diether Lukesch on strafing operations against Allied airfields in North Africa ( Bode, Lukesch )"

The attached image is an enlargement of the fuselage area around the balkenkreuz. I'm still not sure if what I'm seeing to the right of the white K is an "R" or an "X", or no letter at all and simply a part of the camo.

Perhaps the Bode and Lukesch attribution will shed some light on the correct unit.