Panorama of the assembly shop of American B-24 Liberator bombers (Consolidated B-24 Liberator). June 1942

Soviet Yak-9 fighters and American B-17 Fortress bombers of the 99th Bomb Group based in Italy, along with Soviet and American crews, at Poltava, Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, 21 Jun 1944.

"Maid in the Shade," B-25J Mitchell Bomber

2. 7. 1943 – first victory of the Tuskegee Airmen

1st Lt. Charles B. Hall of the 99th Fighter Squadron in a Curtiss P-40L Warhawk 42-10895 "A30", while escorting B-25s over Sicily, shot down an enemy fighter – officially an Fw 190, but most likely a Bf 109. #OTD #WWII #AviationHistory #TuskegeeAirmen

An American B-24 Liberator bomber (Consolidated B-24 Liberator), nicknamed "Strawberry Bitch," stands at an airfield. The photograph shows the aircraft with unusual markings—red piping.

10 June 1944. Flying from Italy with one 1,000-lb bomb each, 46 P-38 Lightnings of USAF 82nd Fighter Group made a long-range attack on the Romanian American Oil Refinery at Ploesti, Romania, destroying 23 German aircraft with the loss of 22 P-38s.

11 June 1943. Operation Corkscrew ended. The Italian garrison on Pantellaria island surrendered after heavy bombing, first ground captured by air power alone.

Six American B-25 Mitchell bombers in the sky near the Italian city of Anzio. April 1944.