148_Squadron_Halifax_Italy_WWII_IWM_CNA_3231.jpg

Description

English: IWM caption : A Handley Page Halifax Mark II of No. 148 (Special Duties) Squadron RAF receives a final engine check at Brindisi, Italy, before taking off on a supply-dropping mission to Yugoslavia. Parachute canisters containing supplies for the Yugoslav National Liberation Army can be seen loaded into the bomb bay and wing cells of the aircraft.

Date

between circa 1944 and circa 1945

Source

This photograph CNA 3231 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums .

Author

Jones W A (Sgt), Royal Air Force official photographer

Permission
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