
Caption | Supermarine Spitfire of the US 307th Fighter Squadron rests on the beach at Paestum, Italy near Salerno after being shot down Sep 9, 1943; pilot uninjured. LST-359 unloads men and materiel beyond, Sep 1943. Photo 2 of 2 ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Coast Guard | ||||||||||||||
Identification Code | 26-G-1992 | ||||||||||||||
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Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||||||
Added Date | 24 Jan 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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2. Anonymous says:
18 Jan 2017 04:28:27 PM
I have a copy list of all the production Spitfire's and the seafires in details of combat and testing and at the scrapping interesting reading this one shown in photo was shot down by the US NAVY as friendly fire
18 Jan 2017 04:28:27 PM
I have a copy list of all the production Spitfire's and the seafires in details of combat and testing and at the scrapping interesting reading this one shown in photo was shot down by the US NAVY as friendly fire
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24 Jan 2015 08:23:58 PM
Note the sentry standing at right armed with an M1 Garand rifle. Curiously he has Army T/Cpl stripes on his sleeve but a Navy (Coast Guard?) Shore Patrol armband.