ABSTRACT
In fact there was a serious problem of airfield congestion in Italy in the winter of 1944-45 which adversely affected fighter-bomber operations, particularly at Fano, where six British and three US squadrons were based, and Forli from where six British squadrons operated. The usual airfield procedure was for aircraft to take off and land in either direction, in order to bring aircraft as close to their dispersals as possible and minimise the distance over which they had to taxi.
