Anti-aircraft fire over Naples, Italy in 1943
Gift of Melissa Bourne, from the Collection of the National WWII Museum
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Anti-aircraft fire or flak over Naples, Italy, 1943. '"ACK-ACK over Naples. White Spot From German Flare" This photo is a good shot of anti-aircraft fire usually the tracer shots were loaded on the basis of one tracer to five live shots so what you see here is only the tracer shots the smaller ones perhaps are 50 Caliber and the larger being a 20 mm.' '' [1943]
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From the service of Sidney D. Butterfield Jr, 188th Port Company, 488th Port Battalion.
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Italia
Latitude:
42.833
Longitude:
12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Air warfare--Italy