The tail of USAAF's Boeing B-17G letter "H", serial number 42-31552, of 748 Bomb Squadron, 457th Bombardment Group (Heavy), based in England, crashed, 12 July 1944, in Swiss mountains, at Schlappintal, in Canton of Grigioni, on return from a mission over Munich. The entire crew was killed. The 12 July 1944 was a bad day for 457th BG: trhe aircraft lost, five damaged, 27 crew members killed or missed in action. In the same day another American bomber,  a B-24H Liberator, crashed in Swizterland. Victor Sierra

Crash in Switzerland

Sicily, August 1943. At Catania airfield, by now in the hands of Allied forces, two Australian servicemen look at the body of a dead Italian airman, killed during the Allied shelling and bombing of the airfield. Note in the background two damaged Italian fighter Reggiane Re.2005 &quot;Sagittario&quot;. Victor Sierra

Death at Catania Airfield

The body of a crew member of B-17G letter "H" crashed at Schlappintal, Switzerland, the 12 July 1944 (see other photo in Section "Dramatic photos"). Victor Sierra