Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Interactive map of Europe showing bomb sites of Bentcliff crew

This is a map of European Sites related to the crew.

http://www.zeemaps.com/widget?group=574179
The Link above is an interactive map showing the date of the bombing mission and the location on the map. When you get to the map please click on view and select view list to bring up all 26 marked locations on the map. Marker 26 -the last one is where the plane flew from on each mission. Many planes in the squadrons missed return flights and crashed into the English Channel or the North Sea because of damage to the aircraft. This was one of several bases the RAF had that they allowed the USAAC to fly out of. many times later in the war fighter squadrons that joined the bombing crews as escorts flew out of Italy and they would hook up over the enemies territory and escort the bombers to the target. Because the map program had limitations the markers may not all be on the map but the list allows you to get a generalized vicinity pop up for the respective mission even thought its marker may not be listed.


This is a map of state-side (USA) points of interest.

http://www.zeemaps.com/widget?group=577611

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