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

Bombs over Austria

Bombers fortress

Lt. Col. Glenn E. Duncan in front of his Republic P-47D Thunderbolt that he named &quot;Flying Death&quot;. After a dressing down by 8th Air Force brass for the poor taste of the name he sarcastically named all his later planes &quot;Dove of Peace&quot;.
He was the 353rd Fighter Group C.O. until getting shot down on July 7,1944.(rudeerude)