A British Blackburn "Skew" fighter plane takes off from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.

Twilight takeoff

British troops penetrate the Gothic Line.  Expert strategic maneuvering by British General Harold Alexander, who opened his offensive on August 25,1944  surprised the Germans, and the British 8th Army swept through the Plain of Lombardy, crashing through the Gothic Line.

On the march


IWM caption: "A Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC of No. 42 Squadron RAF based at Kangla, Burma, piloted by Flying Officer "Chowringhee" Campbell, releasing two 250-lb GP bombs on a bridge on the Tiddim Road, Burma, which has already been hit by the bombs of the previous attacking aircraft." Source: IWM (CF 176)