"Royal Air Force- Italy,the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945." A Handley Page Halifax Mark II of No. 148 (Special Duties) Squadron RAF receives a final engine check at Brindisi, Italy, before taking off on a supply-dropping mission to Yugoslavia. Parachute canisters containing supplies for the Yugoslav National Liberation Army can be seen loaded into the bomb bay and wing cells of the aircraft.