Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Spitfires kubva kuchikwata chakapa rutsigiro kuAllied Forces seKupinda kweItaly
kwakatanga nokutorwa kweSicily, uye gare gare kumhara kwemauto eAllied muFascist Italy, achienda kuchamhembe achitsigira Fifth Army panguva yeItaly Campaign. Sezvo Allied bhomba mauto anoshanda kubva Italy akatanga inokosha kubhomba Axis mafuta uye kukurukurirana zvivako nechepakati Europe uye Balkan, chikwata akanga re-akashongedzerwa pamwe North American P-51 Mustang kutsiva pfupi-siyana Spitfire. Muna August 1944, P-51 dzakabatanidzwa mukupinda muSouthern France. Muna December 1944, kuparadzwa kwokutanga kweGermany jet jet ne308th P-51 yakaitika, pakupedzisira ichishanda kubva kuPo Valley muNorth Italy pakupera kweHondo yeEurope muna May 1945.