[GreyFriar]

Vesuvius wiped out an entire B-25 bomber group, the eruption and fallout destroyed all 80 aircraft.

Many additional photos of the B-25s and the eruption and the diary of a USAAF witness:

http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/Vesuvius.html

Newsreel of the eruption: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/435934438903070869/

[Lorianne]

Wow, I did not know that.
Thanks for posting

[laplata]

Thank you.

[T-Bird45]

This thread and your photos are going to make me go see if there may be some of this among my dad’s old photos. It’s been forever since I looked at them but I know he was in this area with the Army Air Corps after coming over from North Africa.

[zot]

Wow! Thanks for the ping and the post.