An huge German transport aircraft Messerschmitt Me-323 under attack off Cape Corse, Corsica, by a Martin Marauder Mark I of No. 14 Squadron RAF. The aircraft crash-landed on the shore and disintegrated. Victor Sierra

The end of an huge aircraft

A four engine German transport aircraft Junkers Ju-90 of Lufttransportstaffel 290 turns for the land as it comes under cannon attack from a Martin Marauder of No. 14 Squadron RAF, off Bastia, Corsica, 1944. The Marauder, taken off from Protville, Tunisia, on a low-level reconnaissance sortie over the Tyrrhenian Sea, continued to attack the Ju 290 until they were shot at by the Corsican coastal defences and forced to break off. The Ju-290 crashed in Bastia and exploded shortly afterwards. Victor Sierra

Last minutes of a four engine

Three German transport aircrafts Junkers Ju-52/3Ms fly over the burning wreck of another, shot out of their formation by Bristol Beaufighters over the sea off Corsica, photographed from one of the intercepting aircraft. During 23-24 September 1943, Beaufighters of Nos. 325 and 328 Wings of the North West African Coastal Air Force destroyed nearly 30 German transport aircraft which were attempting to evacuate their garrison on Corsica to Italy. Victor Sierra