The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Catania, Sicily, Italy. c. July 1943. Two Australian servicemen look at the body of a dead Italian airman, killed during the Allied shelling and bombing of the Catania airfield. Two damaged Italian Reggiane RE2005's fighter aircraft can be seen in the background.
Catania, Sicily, Italy. c. July 1943. Three Australian servicemen examine a bomb crater four metres deep caused by Allied shelling and bombing of the Catania airfield. Three Italian aircraft, a Fiat C
Grottaglie, Italy. 1943. RAAF and RAF personnel engaged in moving supplies on an airfield. RAAF Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk fighter bombers are harassing the enemy from this airfield. In the background can
Catania, Sicily, Italy. 1943. RAAF pilots and airmen sift through the rubble in a wrecked railway workshop damaged by allied bombing.
Grottaglie, Italy. 1943. A dirigible hangar which has been heavily damaged during Allied bombing on an airfield. In the foreground is an Italian Fiat C.R.42 biplane fighter aircraft that has also been
CAPODICHINO, ITALY. 1943. DESTROYED ITALIAN FIGHTER REGGIANE RE2005 AIRCRAFT, LEFT AS OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE LANDING GROUND AT AN AIRFIELD NEAR NAPLES. (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTOGRAPH, CNA1615).
Agnone, Sicily, Italy. 1943. A RAAF airman stands on the damaged wing of a fighter bomber aircraft belonging to No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF which suffered the damage from a 1000 pound enemy bomb d
