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

Auster at Anzio

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

An air gunner sits at the ready in the Nash and Thompson Type FN4 rear turret of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V of No.102 Squadron RAF at Driffield, Yorkshire.

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