12th AIR FORCE

57th BOMB WING

340th BOMB GROUP (M) 

MISSION JANUARY 3, 1945

486th, 487th and 489th  Squadrons  January 3, 1945

Photo Credit: Charles M. Cook collection

 

Lavis, Italy   today

 Lavis, Italy   today

 

B-25s Flying Brenner Pass- Google Earth Video Animation!!!

 

57th Bomb Wing History “Battle of Brenner Pass”   (53 mb-right mouse button save-as file) A must read 114 page booklet with great photos describing the history and strategy of the 57th Bomb Wing and 340th Bomb Group from July 1944 to May 1945 (Operations Strangle and Bingo).  The Germans could repair track in a day and bridges in about one week!  (Credit to Herman Voss and Dan Setzer)

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass 1940  YouTube

 

 

 

487th BS Mission sheet credit:  487th BS Pilot 1st Lt. David Konigsberg

Capt. Charles M. Cook - Pilot  of 7S

 

 

486th BS Mission sheet credit:  Herman Voss