Bombers fortress

Northrop P-61B-15-NO Black Widow 42-39684 of 416th Night Fighter Squadron US Army Air Force in flight over Italy, Spring 1945. This aircraft survived the war, but crashed on takeoff at Linz-Horsching, Austria Oct 30, 1945 because engine failure. Victor Sierra

Black Widow over Italy

A 483rd Bombardment (Heavy) Group, 5th Bomb Wing, B-17 drops twelve 500 pounds bombs on the Marshalling Yards at Hall, Austria on February 16, 1945. The 5th Bomb Wing (Bomb Groups 2nd, 97th, 99th, 301st, 463rd, 483rd) flew the B-17 Flying Fortress from 1943 to 1945 and was headquartered in Italy, at Foggia. Victor Sierra