
Rome, March 31, 1944: the B-26 Marauder "Little Chum" bombing the assigned target, the Tiburtina railway station. Downwards, right, the Tevere river and the Vatican City with St.Peter's Church. Victor Sierra

Marauder bombing Rome

An air attack on Cisterna (today Cisterna di Latina, South of Rome) by USAAF medium bombers A-20 Havoc of US shows smoke and dust rising from bomb hits on enemy installations and the railroad just south of the town. Note the narrow, winding Cisterna Creek directly below plane. February 1944, after the landing at Anzio, Operation Shingle. Victor Sierra

Bombs over Cisterna

Air war over Italy, date unknow. Railroad bridge over the Tevere river, southeast of Orvieto, Umbria, Central Italy, just west of little town of Guardea, bombed by B-25s of 445th Bomb Squadron, 321st Bomb Group, USAAF. Victor Sierra