Pilots of U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader dive bombers of 86th Fighter Bomber Group being briefed in Sicily during World War II. Pilots being briefed by U.S. Army Air Force officer in front of a map of Sicily. Pilots leave tent after a short briefing. A-36s parked at an airfield in the background. Pilots being transported to A-36s by jeep. Pilot boards A-36.
U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader dive bombers of 86th Fighter Bomber Group in Sicily during World War II. Flight line of A-36s on an airfield in Sicily. A-36s taxis. Formation of A-36s over clouds. A-36s dive. Five A-36s in flight and clouds in the background. Aerial view of countryside.
Ruins after bombings done by U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader dive bombers of 86th Fighter Bomber Group in Sicily during World War II. Smoke rises from dockside in a town. Damaged building with 'DUCE' sign. Debris at the harbor area. U.S. jeeps move past a large building. U.S. soldiers examine vehicles parked along a roadside. British flag flies at the entrance of a large building.
Ruins of Sicily after Allied bombings during World War II. U.S. soldier lights up a cigarette for British officer. U.S. soldier looks at words written on a wall with white chalk which reads 'HEIL ROMMEL'. Wrecked vehicle outside a building. U.S. soldiers assembled on a beach, sunken ship in the background.
Ruins of Sicily after Allied bombings of World War II. Wrecked boats and a sunken ship at a beach in Sicily. Italian kids walk through debris on a beach. Men examine a large wrecked boat. Italian boys in a wrecked boat. Boys swim.
U.S. soldiers lower and fold up a flag of the Kingdom of Italy, from atop a tower overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy, 15 km from Messina, during World War 2. They examine a large searchlight mounted on a tracked vehicle. They rotate it. The American soldiers uncover a grass camouflaged listening device (used to locate planes before the invention of the radar). A U.S. Army Sergeant occupies the operator's position and checks its movement controls. Soldiers pull grass camouflaging another large piece of equipment related to artillery (perhaps a type of radar). Scene shifts to view from hills overlooking the waterfront with town and port facilities. An American soldier takes photographs of the scene. Sequence shifts to views from a boat (unseen) moving slowly in the water off the coast. Buildings seen perched on the hillside and summit. Unusually shaped rock formations in the water at base of the cliffs. View from hilltop, of farmland in valley below.
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