The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Fano, Italy. 26 September 1944. A demolished bridge in the Fano area which gives some idea of the difficult country over which the Eighth Army has been fighting. The Eighth Army's old allies, the Desert Air Force, played a big part in the breaching of the enemy defences in the Gothic line which was described as 'an outstanding success and a decisive victory for the Allied arms'. Heavy softening-up attacks from the air resulted in only four out of twenty-four enemy tank turrets being serviceable when our land forces made the breakthrough. All types of aircraft of RAF, South Africa Air Force, RAAF, and Royal Canadian Air Force took part including Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks (Kittybombers), Douglas A-20 Bostons, Glen-Martin Baltimores, North American P-51 Mustangs, and Supermarine Spitfires.
FANO, ITALY. 1944-12-16. NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF. SINCE THE ALL AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER BOMBER SQUADRON IN ITALY HAS SWITCHED FROM KITTYHAWKS TO MUSTANGS, THEY HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT LONG RANGE RAIDS OVER YUG
RAAF Kittyhawks in flight over the sea off Noemfoor Island. A panorama of Kamiri Strip and parked aircraft which include, P-40 Kittyhawks of No. 80 Squadron, RAAF Bristol Beaufigthers and A-20 Havocs/
"Battle of the Bismark Sea" - which cost the Jananese 22 ships and 15,000 men. The enemy was first spotted by a reconnaissance plane on March 1st, 1943, nosing westward along New Britain. To smash it,
PESCARA, ITALY. THE TOWN, SITUATED ON THE EAST COAST, WHICH LAY IN THE PATH OF THE BRITISH EIGHTH ARMY. IN ADDITION TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY ALLIED AIR ATTACKS, THE GERMANS SYSTEMATICALLY DEMOLISHED THE MO
Cutella, Italy, 26 March 1944. Airmen leaving a Church Army Canteen on a water logged airfield. Airmen hammer a tent peg in mud. Mess parade and washing mess tins. A parked Wellington bomber of an uni
Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks fighters of 78 Squadron, RAAF, escorting Vultee Vengeance dive bombers from 23 and 24 Squadrons, RAAF on an attack against enemy held Gasmata airstrip and on a bridge over the
