On 20 July the air echelons of the 87th, 88th and 89th Troop Carrier Squadrons departed for Canino airbase in Italy in preparation for the August invasion of Southern France, Operation Dragoon.
Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, was lord of Canino and is buried in the town's collegiate church.
Montalto Di Castro Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, located approximately 16 km southwest of Canino, in the province of Viterbo (northern Lazio) in the internal part of Maremma Laziale, 90 km north-northwest of Rome.
Canino and Musignano are two neighbouring villages in the Province of Viterbo in Italy and the title was bestowed on Lucien Bonaparte by Popes on 18 August 1814 (Prince of Canino) and on 21 March 1824 (Prince of Musignano).
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Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803–1857), Prince Canino, French naturalist and ornithologist
Lucien Bonaparte (1775–1840), Prince Français, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano