NOTE: this photo replace the former (New..) uploaded in error. Text correct:
Pilots and ground crew of 31st Fighter Group USAAF checking out they new fighter, the North American P-51B Mustang, acquired for replacement of Spitfire (in background). Pomigliano d'Arco, near Naples, Italy, March 1944. Victor Sierra

 

New plane

"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

Lomesome Polecat

Northrop P-61B-15-NO Black Widow 42-39684 of 416th Night Fighter Squadron US Army Air Force in flight over Italy, Spring 1945. This aircraft survived the war, but crashed on takeoff at Linz-Horsching, Austria Oct 30, 1945 because engine failure. Victor Sierra