Allied artillery in action against Italian targets. The gunners, from 97th Heavy AA Regiment, Royal Artillery, feel the heat. 

British Artillery

A RAF’ Vickers Warwick at Pomigliano d’Arco Airfield, near Naples. The aircraft is surely a plane of No 293 Squadron equipped with the Warwick employed in the air-sea rescue role over the Mediterranean, based at Pomigliano from March 1944 until March 1945 when the unit was moved to Foggia. In June 1945 the 293 Squadron moved back to Pomigliano where it stayed until it was disbanded on the 5 April 1946. Victor Sierra

Vickers Warwick in Italy

On January 21. H.M. destroyer Grenville was sunk by mine or torpedo in the North Sea. There was no time to lower the boats, but other ships in the vicinity were able to rescue most of the crew. Altogether eight men were killed by the explosion, and seventy-three were reported missing and presumed dead. These two pictures show (top) the Grenville just before she took her final plunge; (below) a dramatic photograph of A.B. Bromfield, the last man to leave the ship, clinging to a porthole in the bows. The Grenville, a vessel of 1,485 tons, had a complement of 175 officers and men.