B-17G Fortress of the 414th BS, 97th BG based at Amendola, Italy on a mission over southern France, 15 Aug 1944.

Caption     B-17G Fortress of the 414th BS, 97th BG based at Amendola, Italy on a mission over southern France, 15 Aug 1944. ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces; Frank Booth Collection via reddog1944.com
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Photos on Same Day 15 Aug 1944
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1. Commenter identity confirmed Alan Chanter says:
14 Jan 2013 02:53:25 AM

In the spring of 1943 the B-17s of the 414th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, had played a major role in the month long intensive bombing of Axis bases in Italy, Sardinia and Sicily, prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily. The squadron participated in the bombIng of Messina on 8 May, and on 25 June 1943 some 130 Northwest African Air Force B-17s dropped a further 300 ton of bombs on the port causing extensive damage to Italian Navy facilities there.

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