de Havilland Mosquito of the USAAF’s 416th Night Fighter Squadron, 12th Air Force, parked at Pisa Airport, Italy, Autumn 1944 or early 1945. Deployed on some locations on Corsica and Italy, the 416th NFS was finally based at Pisa from October 1944. Victor Sierra

American Mosquito in Italy

“The Bug”, flown by Captain Arlie Blood of the 510th FS,405th FG,9th Air Force. Blood’s career was a rollicking one, including two bail outs where he was too low for his chute to open properly, a time with the French Resistance, and a narrow escape from a Nazi firing squad.

P-47D “The Bug”

Glider Pilots from the 91st sqdn 439th TCG in England 1944