A new book has just been published covering the history of the 319th BG in the MTO. The 319th BG was unusual in that it flew B-26 Martin...
“Milk Run” by Helmut Müller This fictional work is based upon a true incident. A ship of the 57th Bomb Wing during WW2 making a routine hop...
My father served in the Army Air Force in the Mediterranean theater. He was a sergeant at HQ for the 340th Bombardment Group and was with them...
One hundred years ago the United States entered the great war that had been raging in Europe for four years. A young Jewish man in New York found...
You can hear the author of Bridgebusters, Tom Cleaver, talk about the book in this online podcast interview:...
Werner Mork was a private in the German Army serving on the Russian front in the last days of the war. His memoirs suggest an acceleration in the...
For those who are interested in the experiences of the common German soldier in WWII I would recommend the memoirs of Werner Mork. Some of his...
I think you are correct, TOS, for the most part the B-25's were using GP (General Purpose) bombs. They would also carry fragmentation bombs and...
Thank you for the links to the gun batteries. The 57th Bomb Wing 'visited' La Spezia on multiple occasions. However, I do not see any missions...
Where is the coastal battery that was raided by the 57th BW?
Hi Ace, I am a member (2nd generation) of the 57th Bomb Wing Association made up of WWII Veterans and family members. http://57thBombWing.com I...
The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing, by Thomas Cleaver The exploits and achievements of the 57th Bomb Wing in the...
I have added new content to Werner Mork's account of life in Germany during the Weimar Republic and Hitler's Germany. Mr. Mork's detailed...
Werner Mork has written extensively about his experiences as a soldier during the war, and many sections of his memoirs have been excerpted on...
On August 23, 1944 the 340th Bombardment Group was given yet another bridge to bomb. For the 'Bridge Busters' of the 340th this was in many ways...
The war in Europe ended on May 8, 1945, but that did not mean that the average German soldier was out of danger. On the Eastern Front local...
In the first days of the cease-fire in May of 1945 the Americans fenced in a large open field near the town of Horazdovice, Czechoslovakia to...
The pinpoint mapping system known as the Modified British System can be found here: Notes sur le système de coordonnées "Britannique Modifié"...
This is a very ambitious project. For the sake of completeness you may want to include snippets from the memoirs of a German soldier who served...
In March of 1945 the 340th Bombardment Group (B-25's) moved out of their station on Corsica headed to Rimini. The ground echelon traveled by boat...
