Air War in the Mediterrean Mediterrean Sea, inlcuding North Africa, Sicily, & Italy. Also includes operations by the Western Powers in the Balkans and Southern France. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:10:45 +0000 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:10:45 +0000 WWII Forums http://ww2f.com/forums/air-war-in-the-mediterrean.64/ Allied Presence on Vis Tue, 02 Aug 2022 04:59:20 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/allied-presence-on-vis.77255/ http://ww2f.com/threads/allied-presence-on-vis.77255/ invalid@example.com (Domobran7) Domobran7 article about the B-17 wreck near island of Vis also got me interested in Allied presence on Vis during the Second World War. So I thought I will drop some interesting links I have found:

Allied Presence on Vis]]> 2 Gallantry Over North Africa - Hans Joachim Marseille...The Star of Africa Sat, 16 Apr 2022 01:40:54 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/gallantry-over-north-africa-hans-joachim-marseille-the-star-of-africa.21235/ http://ww2f.com/threads/gallantry-over-north-africa-hans-joachim-marseille-the-star-of-africa.21235/ invalid@example.com (Flag Des Div 98) Flag Des Div 98

The Star of Africa

The Battle of Britian at times captures the imagination concerning swirling overhead dogfights,the dance of death of,"Experten" ...the German term for the best.
Yet the Battle of Britian was zenithed by another theatre...whose death matches lasted over 3 years.....as the war shifted from places like Malta in the Med..to North Africa....then to Italy and Sicily.

The opponents slugged it out with limited...

Gallantry Over North Africa - Hans Joachim Marseille...The Star of Africa]]> 19 I believe I can Fly: WWII 15th Air Force Tribute Sat, 18 Sep 2021 21:21:35 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/i-believe-i-can-fly-wwii-15th-air-force-tribute.45480/ http://ww2f.com/threads/i-believe-i-can-fly-wwii-15th-air-force-tribute.45480/ invalid@example.com (mcoffee) mcoffee I Believe I Can Fly: WWll 15th Air Force Tribute - YouTube]]> 5 German Fritz-X Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:31:16 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/german-fritz-x.74547/ http://ww2f.com/threads/german-fritz-x.74547/ invalid@example.com (Class of '42) Class of '42 View attachment 33170

One of the more interesting weapons of the war was the German Fritz-X, the first guided anti-ship glide bomb and the first to sink a ship in combat. Used very effectively in late summer 1943 against surrendering Italian ships and some American ships during the invasion of Salerno. Dropped by special fitted Dornier-217's at a preferred height of about 18,000 feet and with it's 3,450 pound warhead was very lethal against capital ships such as the Italian battleship...

German Fritz-X]]> 8 B-25's in the Mediterranean Theater Sun, 18 Mar 2018 13:25:13 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/b-25s-in-the-mediterranean-theater.70812/ http://ww2f.com/threads/b-25s-in-the-mediterranean-theater.70812/ invalid@example.com (dhsetzer) dhsetzer
A few years ago I created a website to honor his service. I have just finished revising the site, and I have added more photos and other information.

If you are interested in the B-25 bomber operations in the Mediterranean, I would like to invite you to stop by and read...

B-25's in the Mediterranean Theater]]> Seventy years ago... Sat, 09 Dec 2017 12:37:20 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/seventy-years-ago.52214/ http://ww2f.com/threads/seventy-years-ago.52214/ invalid@example.com (mcoffee) mcoffee 20 April 1944, the old gunner flew his first combat mission to bomb the marshalling yard at Mestre, Italy in support of Operation Strangle.

The first mission had been a long time coming. He had enlisted in the Army Air Corps directly out of high school in June, 1941. After completing basic, he was assigned to the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron at Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, AZ. The old gunner was initially assigned as a radio...

Seventy years ago...]]> 59 B-24 wreck in the Adriatic identified Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:30:10 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/b-24-wreck-in-the-adriatic-identified.50510/ http://ww2f.com/threads/b-24-wreck-in-the-adriatic-identified.50510/ invalid@example.com (mcoffee) mcoffee E 'was officially identified the wreck of the U.S. B-24 bomber sunk off grade during the Second World War. With a spectacular operation, the team of divers Civil Protection Grade led by Giuliano Felluga, with the collaboration of sommozzatre and professional diver Stefano Caressa, and under the auspices of the Carabinieri of Grado, has recovered from the seabed the helm of the right of the tail unit with the identification number. "Now there is no...

B-24 wreck in the Adriatic identified]]> 81 Search Pilot. Sat, 09 Sep 2017 12:10:00 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/search-pilot.70021/ http://ww2f.com/threads/search-pilot.70021/ invalid@example.com (Lou) Lou Harry T. Baird 1st LT
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M.A.A.F.

Thanks.]]> Two Ton Tessie: The Story of a Willow Run B-24 Bomber Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:56:56 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/two-ton-tessie-the-story-of-a-willow-run-b-24-bomber.69760/ http://ww2f.com/threads/two-ton-tessie-the-story-of-a-willow-run-b-24-bomber.69760/ invalid@example.com (mcoffee) mcoffee Celebrities at Willow Run – Gloria Swanson was the ultimate Hollywood star. Beautiful and talented, she was a household name during the silent film era. When she visited the Willow Run Bomber Plant in October of 1943, it was a very big deal.

By the 1940s, Gloria Swanson had been replaced on the marquee by newer names, but she was still Hollywood royalty.

Another American icon during WWII was the mighty Willow Run Bomber Plant. Dignitaries and movie stars visited the plant to...

Two Ton Tessie: The Story of a Willow Run B-24 Bomber]]> Finding "The Buzzer" Fri, 05 Dec 2014 19:02:45 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/finding-the-buzzer.53793/ http://ww2f.com/threads/finding-the-buzzer.53793/ invalid@example.com (mcoffee) mcoffee
Why would an elaborate memorial park exist...

Finding "The Buzzer"]]> Air Raid Ploesti! Sat, 05 Jul 2014 18:43:57 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/air-raid-ploesti.23083/ http://ww2f.com/threads/air-raid-ploesti.23083/ invalid@example.com (kerrd5) kerrd5 Air Raid Ploesti! A B-24 flying over a burning oil refinery at Ploesti, Rumania, 1 August 1943:

http://www.army.mil/-images/2009/07/26/44041/army.mil-44041-2009-07-24-070721.jpg]]> 14 5 April 44, Battle of Ploesti begins Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:23:08 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/5-april-44-battle-of-ploesti-begins.40278/ http://ww2f.com/threads/5-april-44-battle-of-ploesti-begins.40278/ invalid@example.com (mcoffee) mcoffee 5 April 1944 marked the unofficial start of the Oil Campaign with the bombing of marshalling yards at Ploesti. “Unofficial” because with the official sanctioning of the Transportation Plan over the Oil Plan, Air Chief Marshall Portal had refused to add the refineries at Ploesti to the approved target list, thus Spaatz went in the back door. By necessity, the refineries at Ploesti were constructed immediately adjacent to marshalling yards so that product and delivery...

5 April 44, Battle of Ploesti begins]]> 7 Knights Of The Sky: Air War Over Romania Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:14:52 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-of-the-sky-air-war-over-romania.51834/ http://ww2f.com/threads/knights-of-the-sky-air-war-over-romania.51834/ invalid@example.com (mcoffee) mcoffee
http://vimeo.com/18636277]]> 1 70 years ago today - Operation TIDAL WAVE Mon, 05 Aug 2013 12:24:55 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/70-years-ago-today-operation-tidal-wave.50055/ http://ww2f.com/threads/70-years-ago-today-operation-tidal-wave.50055/ invalid@example.com (mcoffee) mcoffee
Surviving crew men are holding a 70th year reunion at the National Museum of the Air Force....

70 years ago today - Operation TIDAL WAVE]]> 3 B-24 pilot receives DFC 69 years later Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:49 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/b-24-pilot-receives-dfc-69-years-later.47742/ http://ww2f.com/threads/b-24-pilot-receives-dfc-69-years-later.47742/ invalid@example.com (mcoffee) mcoffee
The easy part was confirming that the pilot had indeed been recommended for the DFC, as the recommend citation and narrative...

B-24 pilot receives DFC 69 years later]]> 3 80 Squadron ORBs March 1937 - 28/2/1941 - copied from Web Archive Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:03:18 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/80-squadron-orbs-march-1937-28-2-1941-copied-from-web-archive.44457/ http://ww2f.com/threads/80-squadron-orbs-march-1937-28-2-1941-copied-from-web-archive.44457/ invalid@example.com (Fred Wilson) Fred Wilson Internet Archive Wayback Machine

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80 Squadron ORBs March 1937 - 28/2/1941 - copied from Web Archive]]> 4 Supplying the Western Desert with Aircraft. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:15:16 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/supplying-the-western-desert-with-aircraft.43106/ http://ww2f.com/threads/supplying-the-western-desert-with-aircraft.43106/ invalid@example.com (4th wilts) 4th wilts 7 Malta GC 70th Anniversary Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:31:24 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/malta-gc-70th-anniversary.42853/ http://ww2f.com/threads/malta-gc-70th-anniversary.42853/ invalid@example.com (bdmalta) bdmalta A new website starts 1 November 2011 and follows events ‘on this day’ 70 years ago as Malta became the most bombed place on earth. Includes details of air operations launched from Malta. Taken from original wartime documents, as well as personal memoirs, maltagc70.com also gives readers background information starting from the onset of war in 1940, and underlining the importance of Malta to the Allied war campaign.]]> 2 Egyptian Air Force Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:04:34 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/egyptian-air-force.12443/ http://ww2f.com/threads/egyptian-air-force.12443/ invalid@example.com (JCFalkenbergIII) JCFalkenbergIII
"During the world war-II the Egyptian air force had its first experience. When the British asked the Egyptian to provide long-range patrols over the Red Sea to monitor the Axes sea movements there and it also made some air defense missions against German and Italian air raids and the REAF scored one air kill against German Henkil He-III bomber."

Would any of you have some more information on this?...

Egyptian Air Force]]> 9 301st Bomber Group, Bomb Fall Plot Photos Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:36:46 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/301st-bomber-group-bomb-fall-plot-photos.42085/ http://ww2f.com/threads/301st-bomber-group-bomb-fall-plot-photos.42085/ invalid@example.com (kerrd5) kerrd5 amazing Bomb Fall Plot photos, most of which were taken
in raids over Italy.

8 photo - Randy photos at pbase.com

301st Bomb Group, Heavy........'Bomb Fall Plot' Photos Photo Gallery by Randy at pbase.com

301st Bombardment Group (H) - 301st Bomb Group - 301st BG - 301BG - 301st


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