The role of U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group during Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader aircraft at an airfield in North Africa. Propellers of the aircraft rotate. The aircraft taxi along a field before taking off. Another A-36 aircraft as its propellers rotate. The aircraft taxis down the air field.
The role of U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group during Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. Technicians work on the engine of a U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader aircraft at an airfield in North Africa. Men push a bomb on a trolley near an aircraft. Men load the bomb under a wing. They write on the bomb. Bombs on a trolley as a man unloads a bomb and places it on the ground. Another man works on a jerrican. He empties the contents of the jerrican.
The role of U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group during Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. Aerial views of the bombing of Sicily. Bombs impact and billows of smoke rise up. USAAF A-36 Invader aircraft return to an airfield in North Africa after the bombing mission. An aircraft taxis after landing. Another aircraft comes in and lands.
The role of United States Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group during Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. Airmen of 86th Fighter Bomber Group unload bombs from an aircraft in North Africa. Soldiers place bombs on a trolley. Two soldiers give a bunch of grapes to an officer.
The Allies mount an amphibious landing in North Africa during World War 2. U.S. ships underway at sea. German forces attack the ships. View of guns firing and tracers visible in night sky during battle. Scene changes to day time and a group of German soldier and officer prisoners of war (POW), many pilots from German Luftwaffe, carry their luggage and board a ship en route to a prison camp. They climb up the ship's ladder at port. Captured shells on the ground. Destroyed German armored vehicle. A knocked out German Panzer IV tank is examined by U.S. soldiers.
Officers meet in North Africa during World War II. Interior of an office. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Jacob L Devers and British Army General Henry Maitland Wilson standing behind a desk. They discuss. Both of them seated at the desk. They look at a theater of operations map.