A party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire of No. 601 Squadron at Lentini West, Sicily, 7 September 1943. Frame:natural A black pall of smoke

A black pall of smoke hangs in the sky and bomb craters pock the sand to the left of the

Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese (left) and the Supreme Allied Commander of the Mediterranean

Aerial view of the trenches near Loos 1917

Royal Marines patrol past the damaged fin of the abandoned Argentine submarine SANTA FE while 5 Infantry Brigade transfer from the Cunard liner QUEEN ELIZABETH II to the P & O liner CANBERRA

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A party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire of No. 601 Squadron at Lentini West, Sicily, 7 September 1943. Frame:natural A black pall of smokeA party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire of No. 601 Squadron RAF at Lentini West, Sicily.