"Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945." The crew of a Consolidated Liberator B Mark VI of No. 178 Squadron RAF which took part in the operations to resupply the Polish Home Army by air during the Warsaw Uprising. In attempting to drop their loads at under 500 feet over drop-zones in the middle of the heavily-defended city during August 1944, the Squadron suffered heavy losses, 9 aircraft being shot down in less than two weeks. Photographed at their base at Amendola, Italy, the crew consists of (left to right): Sergeant John Rush (pilot) of Newcastle-on-Tyne; Sergeant Derek Coates (wireless-operator) of Manchester; Sergeant Peter Green (mid-upper gunner) of Morden, Surrey; Lieutenant Keith Murray SAAF (navigator) of Johannesburg, South Africa; Flight-Sergeant Derek Stuart RAAF (2nd pilot) of Ascot Vale, Australia; and Flight-Sergeant Kenneth Pierce (tail gunner) of Pontypridd, South Wales.