Spitfire Mk IX of 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force, USAAF, standing at Montecorvino Airfield, near Salerno, Italy, Autumn 1943. From Montecorvino the activity of Spitfires of 31st FG consisted mostly of flying patrols over the Salerno beaches after the landing. The Spitfires of 31st FG were Mk.Vb, Mk.VIII and Mk.IX like the plane of the photo. In the course of 1944 the British-built fighter of 31st FG were replaced by Mustang, P-51B and P-51D. Victor Sierra 

American Spitfire 

This Spitfire Vc of 2nd Fighter Squadron (The American Beagle Squadron), 52nd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force, USAAF, crashed in emergency landing for engine troubles at Pianosa Island, in Tuscan Archipelago, 13 January 1944,
while returning at its base, Borgo, Corsica, after an armed reconnaissance in couple with another Spitfire of same unit over Toscana. The pilot managed to escape unhurt and was take POW by German troops. Note in the photo a German soldier standing in front of aircraft. Victor Sierra

Crash landing in Tuscan Archipelago

"Lomesome Polecat", a Spitfire Mk IX of 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, USAAF, and its pilot at Montecorvino, Salerno, Italy, Autumn 1943. Note the ramp in PSP (pierced steel planking). Victor Sierra