File:26-G-1992 Salerno Landing, Sept. 1943.jpg
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English: A supermarine Spitfire fighter, in U.S. Army Air Force markings, which made a forced landing on the beach at Paesternum, South of Salerno, in Sept. 1943. Note USS LST-359 in background. Supermarine Spitfire JK707 Mk VcT. Assigned to the 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Groip, 15th Air Force USAAF. Flown by Major Virgil C Fields, shot down on 9-9-43 by the gunfire from a German Dornier 217; crash landed on beach off Salerno 9-9-43 |
| Date | Taken in September 1943 |
| Source | https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/26-G-01000/26-G-1992.html |
| Author | Unknown author |
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