Activities of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group in Sicily, Italy during World War II. Empty fuel barrels piled up. U.S. Army fuel trucks are fueled in the background. U.S. airmen open fuel barrels and fuel jerricans. Fuel barrels fall from a truck. Bombs unloaded from an airplane. Airmen smoke cigarettes and have grapes.
War damage in Sicily, Italy after bombings of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group during World War II. U.S. soldiers inspect a wrecked German airplane on a captured Italian airfield. A soldier shows the picture of a German pilot. The soldiers examine the wreckage of a German airplane. A damaged hangar shows wreckage of airplanes. A picture of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes bomb Sicily, Italy during World War II. Aerial view of Sicily. Smoke billows up from explosions done by USAAF A-36 Invader bombers. An aircraft strafes roads.
Airfield damage in Sicily, Italy, from Allied "Operation Husky" and associated bombings by USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War II. A U.S. soldier inspects wreckage of enemy airplanes on captured Fontanarossa Airport, Catania, Sicily. Wrecked aircraft include: Fiat G 50 fighter bomber from 378° squadriglia; A Macchi 202, Breda built XII sr AS belonging to 91° squadriglia, 10° gruppo, 4° stormo ct. (The 91° squadriglia was commanded by ten. Mecatti. 4° stormo ct was based in three airstrips in the "Piana di Catania" and fought fiercely and bravely against Allied air offensive just before and during "Operation Husky.") U.S.soldier removes long ammunition belt from an airplane. The soldiers inspect airplanes in a hangar,One of the German fighter planes in the hangar has a painted picture of "Minnie Mouse", riding atop a bomb, and wielding a battle axe. Close up of the picture is shown.
United States Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group A-36 Invader dive bombers in Sicily, Italy during World War II. An A-36 aircraft in flight. Airmen load bombs aboard an A-36 parked on an airfield. The A-36 taxis. Airmen stand around the hood of an army jeep and eat.
United States Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain transport airplanes in Sicily, Italy during World War II. C-47s parked on an airfield. Airmen unload supply crates from a C-47 onto a truck. A burning American airplane. An aircraft takes off from an airfield.
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