File:P-51C Mustangs of 332nd FG take off in Italy in August 1944.jpg

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Description U.S. Army Air Forces North American P-51C Mustang fighters of the 332nd Fighter Group take off from Ramitelli airfield, Italy, to escort heavy bombers sent to bomb a German refinery for synthetic oil at Blechhammer (today Blachownia Śląska, Poland), on 7 August 1944. Note the P-51s have wing tanks for the extra fuel needed for such long missions.
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Source National Museum of the U.S. Air Force photo 141209-F-DW547-008
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