Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXs of No. 111 Squadron RAF taxy past a line of Spitfires of No. 72 Squadron RAF at Anzio, Italy, 1944, before taking off on a beachhead patrol. In front of them on the airstrip, a Cessna UC-78 Bobcat of the USAAF begins its take-off run. Victor Sierra

Anzio airstrip

Composite of two aerial photographs taken during an attack on Ypenburg airfield, Holland, by Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of the Advanced Air Striking Force. 250-lb GP bombs can be seen falling over the main Delft-Den Haag road onto the airfield where two Focke-Wulf Fw 58 are parked near the hangars. The bomb craters on and around the site were made during Luftwaffe attacks immediately prior to the German invasion.

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Bombs away!

A military liaison and observation aircraft, the Taylorcraft Auster Mark III, MT412, of No. 655 (AOP) Squadron RAF, parked under a large tree for cover, at Anzio, near the bridgehead, 1944. Victor Sierra