Above Tokyo, smoke rises from strikes on the Japanese mainland as the bombs dropped by Doolittle's raiders hit their targets on April 18, 1942. Unable to land the huge aircraft back on the USS Hornet, and running low on fuel, the bombers continued westward attempting to land in a friendly area in China.
 

Doolittle raid

Termini Imerese Airfield, near Palermo, after an heavy rainstorm soon after the conquest of Sicily: an hard problem for the ground services of American air forces. Summer 1943. Victor Sierra

After the rainstorm

The use of Douglas A-26 “Invader” (B-26 from 1948) in Italy is very few knew. This elegant attack bomber appeared on Italy only at the late Spring of 1945 on the last weeks of World War 2. This photo depicts an A-26C of USAAF’s 97th Bombardment Squadron of 47th Bombardment Group, equipped with A-20s “Havoc”, at Grosseto Airport, Tuscany, May 1945. Victor Sierra