In September 1944 it was used to ferry fuel to the Allied troops fighting in the south of France. During the advance on Rome the group was one of ten B-24 groups that took part in a attack on the harbours at Piombion, San Stefano and Porto Ferraio on Elba as part of the campaign to prevent supplies from reaching the German front line. The group also fly a number of tactical missions. The second DUC was awarded for an attack on underground oil storage facilities at Vienna on 21 August 1944. Under heavy attack from German fighters the group diverted to an alternative target and instead hit marshaling yards at Innsbruck. The group's target was railway marshalling yards at Munich, but a German smoke screen prevented them from hitting that target. The group was awarded two distinguished unit citations for strategic bombing missions. The pathfinder designation went in November 1944. In the following month it was designated as a pathfinder group, but it never performed that role and instead continued to operate as a bomber group. It entered combat as a standard bombing unit in April 1944. The group was formed in the United States in September 1943 and moved to Italy in March-April 1944. The 484th Bombardment Group was a B-24 group that fought with the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy from April 1944 to April 1945, mainly taking part in the strategic bombing offensive. His time in Italy explains the custom made beautiful leather patches found on this A-2 jacket. During WWII he was primarily stationed at Torretta Airfield, Italy from Apr 1944 to the end of the war. Rothberg was born on in Planifield, New Jersey, he enlisted on and died on. Sleepy Time Gal was shot down in the Spring of 1945 with a different crew. He flew missions on crew piloted by Robert J Lovett and Robert E. He was assigned to the 826th Squadron, 484th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force during WWII. 1st Lieutenant David Rothberg was a navigator aboard the B-17G "Sleepy Time Gal" 2-98007.
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