Pomigliano d’Arco, Naples, spring 1944, Free French Air Force’s Groupe de Reconnaissance 2/33, or GR2/33, (Recce Group 2/33): parachute’s control of the Lockheed F-5, recce version of the P-38 Lightning number 80 “Jeanne”, a famous aircraft: “Jeanne” was the plane assigned at Antoine de Sainty-Exupéry, the same upon which will meet one’s end on 31 July 1944. Victor Sierra

“Jeanne”

Already full equipped, a pilot of 1ère Escadrille GR2/33 “Savoie”, Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres (Free French Air Force) fasten the oxygen mask prior of the departure for a reconnaissance mission with his Lockheed F-5 (recce version of the P-38 Lightning), Pomigliano d’Arco, Naples, Spring 1944. Leaded by the Capitaine Gavoille, the Escadrille, the same of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was embedded inside the Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing of the Mediterranean Allied Air Force and from April 1944 was engaged in the Campaign of Italy. Victor Sierra

French pilot in Italy

A Lockheed Lightning's unusual view: the plane is a F-5 of the Free French Air Force’s Groupe de Reconnaissance 2/33, GR2/33, on Pomigliano d’Arco airfield, Naples, committed to mechanics for the preparation of a photographic recce mission. At the GR2/33’s 1re escadrille was assigned, 11 Juin 1943, Antoine Jean Baptiste Marie Roger de Saint-Exupéry or simply Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Victor Sierra