Anti-aircraft fire over Italy in 1943

Gift of Melissa Bourne, from the Collection of the National WWII Museum
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Anti-aircraft fire or flak over Italy, 1943. The photos below were among those I was able to salvage and bring home. Thses [sic] photos show the anti-aircraft fire the bombers flew thru on their missions. From the ground we watched such flights and sadly witnessed an aircraft being hit which made a red fire blll [sic] in the midts [sic] of a group of planes. Some times the sky was just plain DARK with heavy numbers of planes flying over, particularly at Casino and Anzio.' Italy. [1943]

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$120.00
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From the service of Sidney D. Butterfield Jr, 188th Port Company, 488th Port Battalion.
Geography: 
Italia
Latitude: 
42.833
Longitude: 
12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Air warfare--Italy