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12th AIR FORCE

57th BOMB WING

340th BOMB GROUP (M) 

MISSION JANUARY 29, 1945

486th and 487th Squadrons  January 29, 1945 

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Rovereto, Italy   today

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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

 

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487th BS Crew sheet from Harry George

This was Capt. Chas. M. Cook’s last combat mission

 

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486th BS Mission sheet credit:  Herman Voss