308^th Fighter Squadron

Mark VIII Spitfires on Alert at Pomigliano, Italy

Note the bombed out structure of part of the Alfa-Romeo plant in the background.

"Pomigliano is located nine miles north of Naples. It had a fairly large airdrome with a concrete runway. The enlisted men and officers were quartered in small apartment buildings which formerly had been occupied by employees of the Alfa-Romeo factories. During the fall of 1943, the ground forces were engaged in heavy fighting about twenty miles north of Pomigliano and most of the Group's missions were air-ground support missions. Its primary duty was to keep enemy aircraft from dive-bombing and strafing Allied ground forces engaged in combat."

- From "HISTORY of the 31^st FIGHTER GROUP"      Rolland G. Lamensdorf, Major, USAF (Ret.) 

Pomigliano, Italy Late1943