Ground crew use the tailplane of a wrecked Junkers Ju 88 as a workbench at Celone, Puglia, Italy. Handley Page Halifax Mark II Series 1A, JN894 'Y', of No. 614 Squadron RAF stands on a dispersal covered with pierced steel planking (PSP) behind. The No. 614 Squadron was based at Celone from 3 March to 10 May 1944. His Italian last base was Foggia-Amendola, Victor Sierra

Tailplane as a workbench

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

RAF Baltimore in action

British Infantrymen in position in a shallow trench near Bardia, a Libyan Port, which had been occupied by Italian forces, and fell to the Allies on January 5, 1941, after a 20-day siege. 