Dedicated to the 781st Bomb Sqd. (H) at Pantanella Airbase
Italy 1944/45
All Photos are by Frank Ambrose unless otherwise noted
Italy 1944/45
All Photos are by Frank Ambrose unless otherwise noted
Based at Pantanella Airfield near Canosa Italy flying B24 "Liberators".
On its 191 missions over Southern Europe it dropped thousands of tons of bombs and shot down 23 enemy aircraft receiving two Distinguished Unit Citations.
When duty calls--
Mt, Vesuvious decidided to greet the 781st with resounding Roar and Thunder as it blessed us with a thick coat of grey ash.
Submarine Alert- No place to hide!!!
'40 & 8'
Only 40 GI's
to a Car
Only 40 GI's
to a Car
"TENT CITY"
The
Early Days
The
Early Days
"SHORT-ARM" Inspection
Have you no Modisty?
Have you no Modisty?
"Riplin Rhythm" Yankee ingenuity!
Two Little Italian Tykes stop to ponder wall Graffiti
"POOR ME-CRY FASCISTS-MUSSOLINI IS DEAD"
"POOR ME-CRY FASCISTS-MUSSOLINI IS DEAD"
On the Line-Sweating it out!
Two Local Italian young ladies
picking Lima Beans around
Pantanella Base 1944
picking Lima Beans around
Pantanella Base 1944
781st
Sept 2000 Reunion
So Many are gone!
