B-17E formation aircraft of the 379th Bomber Group of the US 525th Bomber Squadron, 24 Jul 1944

 B-17E Formation Aircraft

AA fire against two B-25Ds Mitchell of 489th Bombardment Squadron, 320th Bombardment Group, 12th Air Force, USAAF, from 1944 to May 1945 based at Alesan Airfield, Corsica, in mission over Italy. Victor Sierra

Flak in Italian sky

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, perhaps of 97th Bomb Group, USAAF, bombing Messina, Sicily, summer 1943. Messina, ahead the homonymous Streets, great stratetegic target, note on the right its harbor, was heavily bombed in preparation of Allied invasion of Sicily, Operation Husky, and of the crossing of Straits for passage of Allied forces in continental Italy. Victor Sierra