Rome, July 17, 1944. Personnel of the No 112 Squadron RAF has discovered this Panzer Tiger abandoned during the German forces retreat from Rome: good opportunity for an unusual group shot. At this time, Summer 1944, the No 112 Squadron, equipped with Curtiss Kittyhawk, was based on some LG near Rome, included Guidonia. Victor Sierra

Group shot with Tiger

Sir Winston Churchill reaches for his latest Romeo y Jiulietta, as History's foremost paranoid mass-murdering pipe-smoker looks on.  Best regards, JR.

A hard (cigar) case.

Ground crew personnel arming the four Hispano 20 mm cannons of a British Westland Whirlwind Mk. I twin-engined heavy fighter.