Wreckage of an aircraft at El Aouina Airport in Tunisia during World War II. A man holding a piece of plexiglas in his hand. A wrecked 3-motored Italian Camo 6 - Savoia-Marchetti SM 81 Pipistrello aircraft on an airfield at the airport. '601-5' written on the aircraft. A captured German Volkswagen type 82 Kübelwagen drives up beside the wrecked aircraft. A few U.S. officers get out and inspect the aircraft. View of wrecked German and Italian aircraft on the airfield. A USAAF 97th Bomb Group, 340th Bomb Squadron, B-17F 42-5402: B-17F-50-BO Flying Fortress taking off from the airfield. Abbreviated tail number '25402' seen on tail. Several wrecked aircraft on the airfield. Another B-17 aircraft takes off, displaying a large shield image on its tail This is followed by a U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell taking off. The wreckage of aircraft spread on the airfield. A few U.S. soldiers walking into a deep bomb crater and inspect the nacelle and the motor of the aircraft. Two soldiers beside another wrecked Italian Camo 6 - Savoia-Marchetti SM 81 Pipistrello aircraft. The aircraft is painted in camouflage paint and bears the number 605-7. One of the soldiers looking into the fuselage of the aircraft. A wrecked German aircraft on the airfield. The aircraft damaged completely. View of parts of the wrecked aircraft.
The city of Tunis in Tunisia during World War II. An aerial view of the city of Tunis. Several buildings in the city. A few trees among the buildings. Aerial view of the streets with vehicles moving on them. Buildings lining the streets. Buildings along the coastline in view.
The British Royal Navy flag flies aboard a combat ship at the Tunis Port during the North African Campaign. British Navy sailors load and fire heavy guns. They are wearing Mk I helmets and white antiflash hoods and antiflash gloves. In next shot, a U.S. Naval officer watches a submarine enter the port. Port buildings in the background. Submarine approaches ship. Sailors stand on the submarine roof with British Royal Navy flag. A U.S. Navy officer climbs aboard the ship and is greeted by the waiting officer. In the distance, sailors row a small tender boat across the port. A gun on the ship deck. Two blimps in the sky over the port. (World War II period).
Night time view of fire on a ship at sea off the Tunis Port. Flames and smoke emerge from the ship. Reflection of the flames in the water. (World War II period).
Stationary U.S. Navy ships and vessels at the Tunis Port in World War 2. U.S. Navy combat boat with a gun, ammunition belt and the American flag passes a combat ship. U.S. Navy craft approaches another boat while on patrol. U.S. Navy sailor uses flag semaphore to signal another boat. Another personnel looks through binoculars as he talks to the pilot. Several U.S. Navy patrol crafts with the American flag. Several British sailors stand on the deck of a combat ship with flags in the background. Two men on a combat boat stand behind a gun, one with headphones on. A combat boat approaches another boat. Several Allied warships and patrol boats at sea.
Various U.S. Navy ships and vessels at the Tunis Port in North Africa. U.S. Navy sailors on pier on shore transfer water from one barrel to the other. Sailors stand beside ships and equipment as they shift barrels. Man uses a hose to fill water into a can. A fire extinguisher lying next to the can. (World War II period).