The tail of Vickers Warwick “K” of No 293 Squadron RAF at Pomigliano d’Arco Airfield, March 1944. Victor Sierra



Warwick’s tail

Over 6,000 "ambulance" models of the Austin K2 two-ton truck were produced during the war.  This example is inscribed as a gift from the people of Scarborough, England to the the people of Stalingrad, Soviet Union, April 1943.  Best regards, JR.

Austin K2/Y Military Ambulance.

A RAF’ Vickers Warwick at Pomigliano d’Arco Airfield, near Naples. The aircraft is surely a plane of No 293 Squadron equipped with the Warwick employed in the air-sea rescue role over the Mediterranean, based at Pomigliano from March 1944 until March 1945 when the unit was moved to Foggia. In June 1945 the 293 Squadron moved back to Pomigliano where it stayed until it was disbanded on the 5 April 1946. Victor Sierra