WWII in Italy: Flooded Airfields, Muddy Ball Turrets and Dragons

As a follow up to this post about the life of a ball turret gunner, it seems that life for those boys could get worse in the rainy season.

Here's a picture of an airfield in Italy that was flooded after some heavy rains.

The muddy landing strips made the ball turret gunner's life even less pleasant:

While we're in the area, he's some great nose art on a B-24 Liberator:

The dog doesn't seem to know what to make of it.