....and if he is weathered in, you can see how bad it is here.
European Aviation Weather
I only wish they had chosen 'bigger' airfields/landing sites.
Although it's a bit misty, I hope Barry isn't delayed on todays leg until tomorrow, as past history might find the locals of Bolzano a bit unfreindly of any 'allied' aircraft, even though it's exactly 60 years on!
TUESDAY, 2 MAY 1944
MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 250+ bombers hit targets in
Italy; B-17s hit the marshalling yard at Bolzano; B-24s, most with fighter
escort, attack Castel Maggiore and a railroad bridge at Faenza; 300+ bombers
are forced to abort because of weather.
(taken from
http://www.altus.af.mil/history/combat/combatmay44.htm)
And Barry, don't overfly the Manzell Dornierwerke Aircraft Components Factory near Friedrichshafen, when you leave, they may get a bit twitchy!!!