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. 86th Fighter Bomber Group during Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. Men use shovel to clear rubble after an air raid by the 86th Fighter Group. Damaged buildings along a street. The men remove rubble. A sign on a building reads 'DUCE'. Debris on a street. A view of a beach and the surrounding area.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers at a beach and a partially sunken ship in the background. Wreckage on the beach. A wrecked steel frame structure of an aircraft at the beach. Allied soldiers examine the structure. Two boys get in the cockpit of the aircraft and try to pose as pilots. A boy jumps into the sea. The boys swim in water.
View from below of American soldiers atop an Italian artillery blockhouse, at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy during World War 2. A tall radio antenna extends above the structure. View from the blockhouse as U.S. soldiers lower and fold up a flag of the Kingdom of Italy. The Mediterrean Sea in background. A soldier climbs atop a tracked vehicle on which a large steel drum is mounted (apparently a large searchlight). They rotate light and one soldier attempts (successfully) to move move it by hand.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. The nose of a U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader aircraft. A sign on the fuselage 'The Invaders'. A-36 Invader aircraft in flight. An aircraft dives down and strafes enemy targets. The aircraft in flight.
British troops land at Marzamemi in Sicily, Italy during World War II. Freighters and transports lying off shore. Landing barges head towards a beach. British soldiers debark. Men, equipment, vehicles and armor being unloaded at the beach. Gasoline and oil cans stacked on the beach. British soldiers form a bucket brigade as they pass more cans from an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) to the beach.
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