Shown here are Spitfire F.Mk.IXs, RZ-R, (MA425) and RZ-U (MH653) of No.241 Sqd, piloted by Flg Offs H Cogman and J V Macdonald respectively on patrol avove the dark lava slopes of Mount Vesuvius in the early afternoon of 27th january, 1944. taken from The Roayl Air Force of World War two in Colour.