THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, ITALY, THE BALKANS AND AUSTRIA 1942-1946 - The announcement by the RAF that bombers of the CMF had attacked coastal railway communications in Italy does not convey very much to a civilian mind. These pictures show the results of such a raid on the railway station at Vibo Valentia which stands on the outskirts of the small West coast port of Porto Di Danta Venera in the Province of Calabria. Trucks containing German planes, aero engines, petrol, coal and ammunition were all consumed in the fires that followed the raid. Even the wooden sleepers were burn
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, ITALY, THE BALKANS AND AUSTRIA 1942-1946 - The announcement by the RAF that bombers of the CMF had attacked coastal railway communications in Italy does not convey very much to a civilian mind. These pictures show the results of such a raid on the railway station at Vibo Valentia which stands on the outskirts of the small West coast port of Porto Di Danta Venera in the Province of Calabria. Trucks containing German planes, aero engines, petrol, coal and ammunition were all consumed in the fires that followed the raid. Even the wooden sleepers were burned away, as is shown in one of these pictures. Photographic negative , British Army
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