"Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945." Air Chiefs in conference at Vasto, during a visit to Italy by the Chief of the Air Staff. Left to right: Air Vice-Marshal H Broadhurst, Air Officer Commanding the Desert Air Force; Air Marshal Sir Arthur "Mary" Coningham, Air Officer Commanding, North-West African Tactical Air Force (back to the camera); Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mediterranean Air Command, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, CAS.