Armorers carry 3-inch rocket projectiles to a North American Mustang Mark III of No. 260 Squadron RAF, parked in a dispersal at Cervia, Northern Italy, Spring 1945. Note the dispersal area cover by the pierced steel planking used also for runway. Victor Sierra

Rocket projectiles for the Mustang

North American Mustangs of No. 5 Squadron SAAF, South African Air Force, based at Cervia, Italy, flying along the northern Italian coast. Five Mark IVs are accompanied by a single Mark III at the rear. Spring 1945. Victor Sierra

South African Mustangs

Marauder Mark I, FK375 ‘D’ “Dominion Revenge”, of No. 14 Squadron RAF based at Fayid, Egypt, in flight. This aircraft was lost during a torpedo attack off Aghios Giorgios Island on 3 January 1943. Victor Sierra