Possibly north coast of Sicily, from negative. From eBay. Taken by the same German soldat as the Messina bombardment image. Resized to 1200 dpi to post here. Dave
Is that an antenna in the background? Looks small for radar of the period. Can someone id the gun? Might give a clue as to where it is. Sun appears to be at about 45 degrees elevation which means the view is either NW or SE. The cross looks interesting as well. How unique would it be?