Bombing Brest, France - Army Forces. Small craft, gun emplacements and a quay on the Brest Peninsula took a pounding from England-based Army 8th Air Force bombers several weeks after D-Day, 1944. The camera caught the bombs in various stages of exploding and at the same time recorded the success of the mission. Underwater defences can be seen at the lower right.

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Bombing Brest, France - Army Forces. Small craft, gun emplacements and a quay on the Brest Peninsula took a pounding from England-based Army 8th Air Force bombers several weeks after D-Day, 1944. The camera caught the bombs in various stages of exploding and at the same time recorded the success of the mission. Underwater defences can be seen at the lower right.

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