Sicily, Italy. September 1943. Wounded British soldiers being prepared for evacuation in a DH86 aircraft of No. 1 Air Ambulance Unit Royal Australian Air Force, which has been working at forward positions all through the Sicilian Campaign. Victor Sierra

Air ambulance

Royal Australian Air Force and Italian ground crew personnel together at the Grottaglie airfield, Southern Italy, summer 1943. In the background a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk fighter aircraft of of No. 3 Squadron RAAF. According the caption of this official photo &quot;The spirit between these crews is most friendly&quot;.

Australians and Italians

Airmen of No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF found some Italian seaplane intact when they arrived at Regia Aeronautica's large seaplana base at Augusta, Eastern Sicily, August 1943. On the right the tail of a FIAT-CMASA RS.14 of 170th Squadriglia Ricognizione Marittima (Maritime Reconnaissance). A large three-engine seaplane CANT-Z-506 &quot;Airone&quot; is in background.