An eruption of Vesuvius seen from Portici, by Joseph Wright (c.17746) (Source)
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The March 1944 eruption of Vesuvius, by Jack Reinhardt, B-24 tail gunner in the USAAF during World War II (Source)
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Ash being swept off a wing of an American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber of the 340th Bombardment Group on 23 March 1944 after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius (Source)
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The area around the volcano is now densely populated. (Source)