Warwick ASR Mark I, BV502, code ZE-N, of No. 293 Squadron RAF with its crew, in a dispersal surrounded by spring flowers at Foggia, Italy, Spring 1944. BV502 was a redesignated ‘Stage C’ aircraft. Victor Sierra

Spring flowers

A mixed service and civilian crew of No. 45 Group RAF leave their Consolidated Liberator B Mark VI on arriving at Celone, Puglia, Italy, 1944, after a ferry flight from Canada. The aircraft were flown directly to the Italian theatre to equip the newly-formed No. 31 Squadron South African Air Force (SAAF). Victor Sierra

From Canada to Italy

A Martin Baltimore Mark IV of No. 223 Squadron RAF (Motto: Alæ defendunt Africam-Wings defend Africa"), flying from Celone, Pugalia, Italy, releasing 500-lb MC bombs over the target during a raid on the railway station and junction at Sulmona, in Abruzzo, Central Italy, winter 1943-1944. Victor Sierra