A Supermarine Spitfire HF Mark VIII of No. 92 Squadron RAF undergoes servicing in a farmyard by the landing ground at Triolo landing ground, south of San Severo, near Foggia, Southern Italy. The No. 92 Squadron was at Triolo from 18 October to 22 November 1943. Victor Sierra

Spitfire in a farmyard

A Supermarine Spitfire HF Mark VIII of No. 92 Squadron RAF, at Grottaglie, Puglia, Italy, September 1943, is refuelled from a Bedford QL fuel tender. The large destroyed hangar on the right was built in 1916 for airship of Italian Navy. Still today at Grottaglie Airport, near Taranto, the Italian Navy has his Naval Air Station today with Harrier AV-8B of aircraft carriers “Giuseppe Garibaldi” and “Conte di Cavour”, based at Taranto, and tomorrow with F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Victor Sierra

Spitfire at Grottaglie

Bristol Beaufighter “Y-York” T5173 of No 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force, escorting a convoy bound for Tripoli, perhaps Spring 1943. In this time the Squadron was based a Malta, Ta Kali Airfield. Victor Sierra