The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Piombino, Italy. 14 July 1944. The small harbour is choked with sunken and half submerged barges, tugs and small coastal craft. The moles and derricks on the quay sides are heavily damaged. This port, was extensively used after the destruction of the west coast railway bridge at Cecina by RAF Vickers-Armstrong Wellington bomber aircraft. It was also one of the most important links of the German system of seaborne supplies to the troops opposing the Fifth Army at Cassino and the Anzio bridgehead. 'F' boats plying from ports in the south of France, and from Genoa and Leghorn also used Piombino to a large extent. After one attack at Piombino by RAF Wellington night bomber aircraft fires which were started in the area could be seen eighty miles away, and very heavy damage was caused in this attack. On another occasion waves of Wellington aircraft were over the port for seven hours during the night.
LEGHORN, ITALY. 1944-07. MAJOR DAMAGE INFLICTED BY ALLIED BOMBING TO THE DOCKS AND PORT INSTALLATIONS AT LEGHORN (LIVORNO) ON THE NORTH WEST COAST OF ITALY. THE COMPLETION OF THE VESSEL UNDER CONSTRUC
Reggio Emilia, Italy. 3 March 1944. This was an aircraft factory before it was put out of production in two attacks by RAF Vickers-Armstrong Wellington bomber aircraft and US Army Air Force Boeing B-1
Oil storage tanks burnt out by RAF Bomber Command aircraft on the night of 23/24 June 1943. The submerged vessel is the destroyer Alpino which was sunk during an Allied raid on 19 April 1943. (British
Italy. April 1944. Dusk is deepening into night and Vickers Wellington aircraft of a RAF squadron are ready to take off on an operation over occupied Europe. RAAF crews fly with the bomber group in It
Reggio Emilia, Italy. 3 March 1944. An aircraft factory was put out of production in two attacks by RAF Vickers-Armstrong Wellington bomber aircraft and US Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress b
Italy. 1944-05-27. RAF Baltimore aircraft flying in formation on the way to attack heavy gun positions north west of Cassino.
