"Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South East Europe, 1942-1945." Ground crew of No. 178 Squadron RAF enlist the help of a Coles Crane operator of No. 61 Repair and Salvage Unit to lift 1,500-lb sea mines from their trolleys before loading them into a Consolidated Liberator Mark III at Celone, Italy, for a minelaying sortie along the Danube River.