THE D-DAY LANDINGS, JUNE 1944 - P-47 Thunderbolts of the US 56th Fighter Group attack a German troop convoy, 6 June 1944. Gun Camera caption on reverse: 'Attack on train summer 1944. 4-14. 6 June 1944. Major German convoy strafed by the 56th Ftr. Group in the late afternoon of D-Day. The 352 Fighter Group had caught this convoy of German ground forces well south of the beach-heads and were pulling away when the 56th moved in. (A Royal Flush) mission well in advance of the beach heads. We were at this armoured column at 0300 AM the next morning. Burned out trucks, carts, caiso
THE D-DAY LANDINGS, JUNE 1944 - P-47 Thunderbolts of the US 56th Fighter Group attack a German troop convoy, 6 June 1944. Gun Camera caption on reverse: 'Attack on train summer 1944. 4-14. 6 June 1944. Major German convoy strafed by the 56th Ftr. Group in the late afternoon of D-Day. The 352 Fighter Group had caught this convoy of German ground forces well south of the beach-heads and were pulling away when the 56th moved in. (A Royal Flush) mission well in advance of the beach heads. We were at this armoured column at 0300 AM the next morning. Burned out trucks, carts, caisons etc. stacked for miles. Taken with a K-25 camera.' , United States Army Air Forces, United States Army Air Forces, 8th Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, 56th Fighter Group
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