A P-47 Thunderbolt of the USAAF 12th Air Force, deployed in Mediterranean Theatre, flies low over the crumbled ruins of what once was Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden, in the Bavarian Alps, on May 26, 1945 after the Germany’s surrender. Victor Sierra

In flight over Berchtesgaden

Boeing B-17s Flying Fortress of the 483d Bombardment Group, Fifteenth Air Force, US Army Air Force preparing to land at Sterparone, an airfield of Foggia Airfield Complex, Southern Italy, 1944. The Sterparone Airfield was disused after the end of war in Europe. Inactivated in Italy on 25 September 1945, the 483d Bombardment Group during the war flew 215 combat missions with 75 aircraft lost. Victor Sierra

Returning from the mission

A B-17 Flying Fortress hit by German flak