From Wikipedia.
On December 25, 2015, I wrote about tail-gunner Stanley Niemczura, in a B-24 Liberator who went on a bombing mission over Germany on Christmas Day 1944. It mentioned that they had landed in Foggia, Italy, so I did some more research on the place as I'd never heard of it.
The Foggia Airfields was a World War II military airfield complex with numerous airfields located within a 25 mile radius of Foggia, Italy. It was used by the 15th Air Force for the bombardment of Germany in 1944 and 1945.
It had been constructed by the Italian Air Force before the war. After Italy and the United States signed an armistice in 1943, it was seized by the German Luftwaffe and afterwards heavily bombed by the Allies.
After its capture, it became a major Allied command center for ground and naval forces in the Adriatic Sea area. One of the Foggia Airfields was at Cerignola, Italy and used by the 12th and 15th Air Forces. It was used by the 456th Bombardment Group B-24 Liberators beginning in January 1944. This was Mr. Niemczura's outfit.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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