12^th AIR FORCE

57^th BOMB WING

340^th BOMB GROUP (M)

MISSION FEBRUARY 4, 1945

486^th, 487^th , 488^th, Squadrons February 4, 1945

Lavis, Italy today

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

57^th 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 57^th Bomb Wing and 340^th 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

486^th BS Mission sheet credit: Herman Voss

Feb 4, 1944

486th

Four planes of the eighteen ship formation sent out this morning to bomb Lavis Diversion were holed by intense flak encountered over the target. Lts. Cormack and Olson were slightly wounded while on the bomb run.

Text Credit: Dan Setzer and 57^th Bomb Wing website