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'Gerbini aerodrome', Sicily, 1943

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, Italy, 1943

Gerbini aerodrome, near Catania, with the wreckage of German aircraft. The airfield was used by Italian Air Force and German Luftwaffe forces during World War Two (1939-1945). After Allied Forces captured the airfield it was used by the United States Army Air Force as a bomber and troop carrier base.

From an album containing 241 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1943-1944.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-13-222

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-13-222