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Bretteville-le-Rabet; Lower Normandy; France

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Date: 08 August 1944
Location: Bretteville-le-Rabet; Lower Normandy; France
Coordinates (lat, lon): 49.025566, -0.259111
Description: A flight of USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress bombers can be seen in the lower-right hand corner, crossing this image from the west. Clouds of smoke from the bombs of another flight of Allied bombers can be seen in the upper-right corner of the frame. In the weeks after D-Day, Allied heavy bombers were used to carpet-bomb German-held areas inland of the Normandy beachheads, to disrupt movement of troops and armour and pave the way for planned Allied advances.
Sortie: US7/2806
Frame: 4116
Corporate bodies: 22nd (Photographic Reconnaissance) Squadron (USAAF)
People: Ross, John H, Lt
Image type: Vertical
Scale: 14500