Disaster on the Vicenza 'milk run'

28th December 1943: A B-24 heavy bomber pilot's account of being shot down over Italy on what should have been an easy mission

A Consolidated B-24 Liberator 1940's -- A Consolidated B-24 Liberator from Maxwell Field, Alabama, four engine pilot school, glistens in the sun as it makes a turn at high altitude in the clouds.

The 376ombardment Group was based at Enfidaville, Tunisia. Their bombing targets were now mostly in Italy and some targets were known to be much less heavily de…