Help identify this photograph!

Many thanks indeed for your kind help 😀

Found the identical photo in a link to a book called “Our Man in Yugolsavia” with the pic labeled

“RAF Dakotas of the 267 Squadron at Bari, Italy, in 1944. Flying from italy in the summer of 1944 these aircraft dramatically increased teh volume of supplies reaching the partisans.”

Hope that helps. It looks like they also flew cargo versions of the Liberator on these missions

The photo appears in the book ‘An Illustrated History of the Royal Air Force’ by Roy Conyers Nesbitt, on page 214. The caption reads:

… Dakota III’s of 267 Squadron at Bari in Italy during 1944…..

RAF Museum P1691 —-> slide ref…

The second Dak is serial FL585 I think……. the photo is quite grainy…

Found this snippit on the A/C

Dakota C.Mk.IV (C-47A-20-DK)
Unit: 267 Sqn, RAF
Serial: AI (KG496)
British Dakotas started landing at Yugoslavian partisan airfield as the first ones. The British created two transport squadrons to fly to airfields along Yugoslavian coast. The 267th squadron was very well known, which flew with mythological Pegasus painted on airplane noses

over at the Wings Pallet web page
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/t/53/9/0

Nearest Dakota III belongs to 267 Squadron and the location is Bari according to the Air Britain KA100-KZ999 serial register.

Best wishes
Steve P

In addition to everything else, there’s a neat mix of B & D model Mustangs. One B is in natural metal, somewhat rare.

Quite a mix of A/C, RAF C-47 up front with ASAAF, P-38s, P-51s, B-24s. I see at least one A/C with invasion stripes so that puts it post June 6, 1944. Odd mix of A/C IMHO.