Operation Bingo – Brenner Pass: Cutting the German Jugular

Originally envisioned as a light bomber, the B-25 quickly became the do-all airplane in every theater in which it served. Field mods to add more and more Browning .50s became factory-standard and the Mitchell began fulfilling every ground attack, close air support and bombing role asked of it. (Photo by Paul Bowen) First Lieutenant Paul L. Jackson of the 445th Bomb Squadron, 321st Bomb Group, would long remember his thirty-seventh B-25 mission, March 24, 1945....
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