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Pianosa

42.58°N 10.08°E2 titles

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What happened here

A flat island south of Elba, Pianosa had held a penal colony since 1856, and future Italian president Sandro Pertini was imprisoned there in 1932. German troops occupied it in September 1943. In 1944 the B-25 Mitchell groups of the 57th Bomb Wing flew from nearby Corsica against targets in Italy; one of their bombardiers, Joseph Heller, later set his fictional air base on Pianosa.

Films and series set in Pianosa

  1. Catch-22

    1970 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. Base

      On the island base, Yossarian begs the doctor to ground him, Milo turns the mess hall into a global business and Colonel Cathcart keeps raising the missions.

  2. Catch-22

    2019–2019 · Series

    Here in the story

    1. Base

      Yossarian poisons the soup and moves the bomb line on the map to dodge a raid on Bologna, while the mission count keeps climbing.

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