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MTO fans attention! Updated 12 & 15 AF sites

J

Jaxon

virtually there
Yes, indeed.
The last versions were about on the month 2 years old.

Especially for the 15th Airforce, I received a whole bunch of pics and profiles and it nearly doubled the planes shown (nearly 150!!)
Of course it needed some time to include so many stuff, hence the long time.

Whatever, enjoy!

LINK
 
Thank you, Jaxon! :applause: :applause: :applause:

I'll probably be able to identify the squadron which bombed my hometown on May 13th, 1944.

Local historians here wrote they were B-24 Liberators, based in Foggia and nearby Amendola.

Attached a picture of an attack to the marshalling yard and train station in Parma, conducted a few days later. The explosions over the marshalling yard area are extremely clear in the lower left corner.

Parma centre, to the right of the train station, is also very well visible in this extremely clear and sharp photo. Although Parma over the years tripled its size, sixtyfour years later the centre of town landmarks still look the same with only a few changes.

Cheers!
KH :ernae:
 
BTW, the 99th FS was a part of the 324th under COL Momyers for a time in N. Africa and Sicily flying P-40s and then Cobras. When they split off from Momyers and went to Italy, they flew the P-39Qs until they picked up P-47s for two months in May and June of '44. Late June they got into their P-51B/Cs and finally the Deltas that they are mostly associated with.
 
Jaxon,
Your well layed out site is always a valuable rescource.
Stef,
Your story sent shudders down my spine. Thank God they didn't hit the centre of town!
 
Thanks for your feedback!

Devildog, I have copied your information and will include it in the earlier 12AF sites still under development.

These will represent the situation in England, when "hopping" over to NA in Operation Torch, and two mid-war organisations Algeria and later in Tunisia, which they kept when invading Sicily.

Jan Kees, a FS2004 skinner offered me his support in providing information and screenshots of the planes he painted on Alphasim Canvas.

They look very nice, and it is a shame, I cannot use them in CFS2.
 
Jan Kees, a FS2004 skinner offered me his support in providing information and screenshots of the planes he painted on Alphasim Canvas.

They look very nice, and it is a shame, I cannot use them in CFS2.
Click to expand...

SopwithC has helped me a lot on skins for the NA and MTO campaign aircraft. You might submit a request or two to him.............:kilroy:
 
Foggia Kelti? You may find that it could have been RAF Libs, IIRC 40 Sqns were based there too.
 
A good point. But The boming pics were definately taken in daylight.
That points to the US Air Force. The Tommies preferred the night, hence all their bombers had black undersurfaces.
 
Good point, but us Brits were known to be daft enough to fly night bombers during the day.
 
Ok, 1:1

;)

Now I have to dig deeper: On the pic we can recon the bombs. due to their close formation, we should agree, they were all dropped at once by the same bomber.

I would identify them as 500lb GP US bombs, roughly 14(+?) to see on the pic.

Which WW2-US bomber was able to carry that load?

According wikipedia,
the B-24 could carry 5450 lbs bombs
5450 lbs :500 = 10,9

the B-17 could carry 8000 lbs bombs (short range)
8000 lbs : 500 = 16

That means, it must have been a B-17.

At that time, the 2nd BG and the 463rd BG (see attachment) of the 5th Bomb Wing (B-17s) were based at Foggia.
The other groups were based at Amendola or other Airbases near Foggia.
So it was most probably the 5th Bomb Wing attacking your town, Kelti!
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If the bombs were British, the normal Lancaster could carry 14,000lbs of bombs!!
 
I concur, due to the stacked release. If British (a Lanc could carry US 500lbers if British ordnance was unavailable, 14 IIRC) as they were all at the same level in the bomb bay the spread of release would be greater.
 
The stacked release was overlooked by me, but indeed points in the same direction.

I love to unhide mysteries like this in a criminal intention way...

:ernae:
 
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