Italian air force joins allies at North Korba Airdrome in Cape Bon, Italy. 31 Italian planes bring their own ground crews and doctors. Italian planes in flight. Planes take off from airfield. An officer salutes as he disembarks. Ground crew disembark from the Italian planes. Ground crew and doctors talk to Captain Francesco Aurelio Di Bella. Captain Di Bella drinks water. Ground crew and doctors seated in truck and truck driven. They eat food. 2nd Lieutenant Fulvio Andrei, fighter pilot, interviewed. Captain Francesco Aurelio Di Bella, one of Italy's torpedo bomber aces, interviewed. (World War II period).
15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. B-17 takes off from Romania. An injured prisoner of war (with head covered in bandages) takes a seat inside plane. A POW smiles while holding a newspaper. Another POW waving goodbye from a window. Groups of bombers in flight. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber lands in San Giovanni Airfield. Allied prisoners of war disembark from the bomber after landing. United States troops greet their comrades after their evacuation from Romania. A happy reunion for prisoners of war and their comrades in Italy. Former prisoners of war smiling outside the bombers. Chief of Staff Colonel Taylor speaks to the former prisoners of war after their arrival in Italy. Officer gathered, including Colonel Taylor, General Nathan F. Twining, General Bourne.
Army engineers with the help of bulldozers knocking down the trees in Salerno Italy. Men and engineers working with scrapers and bulldozers building new landing field. Army engineers wave at P-38 plane landing on the airstrip 24 hours after construction began. Another P-38 plane lands and hits a water truck, obscured by dust. The aircraft bursts into flame. Men carrying fatally injured persons away from the plane and truck wreckage. Smoke and broken parts of the plane and the vehicle scattered on the airfield. (World War II period).
Scenes of wing of a cameraship of a U.S. Army Air Force B-24 aircraft flying over Italy during World War 2. Aerial side view of a B-24 flying against heavy gray clouds. B-24 aircrafts in formation. Waist gunner on alert. A B-24 aircraft flying. Scene of Mount Vesuvius volcano. Six bombs dropped away to city of Naples. Aerial view of city and airfield. Scattered tents on ground. B-24 flying low over airbase. Waist gun window and gunsight, and B-24 aircraft fairly close-up in the background.
USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group A-36 Invaders in Sicily, Italy during World War II. A-36 Invader dive bomber aircraft in flight over Sicily. Aerial view of Sicily. The A-36 taxi along an airfield.
Activities of U.S. 99th Pursuit Squadron of the African American 332nd Fighter Group in Orsogna, Italy during World War II. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Curtiss P-40 Warhawk parked on an airfield. Tuskegee Airmen African American fliers of 99th Squad are briefed. The briefing takes place alongside a P-40. A group of pilots stands near the airplane and discuss amongst themselves.
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