| How I was involved |
|
The Result |
| I led an 18 plane B-26 attack on the Utah coast defense system in Normandy
on June 6, 1944. |
Same Day |
The US First Army secures a foothold on Utah Beach. D-Day June 6,
1944 |
I led an 18 plane B-26 attack on the Cherbourg Port defense system on June
22, 1944.
|
4 Days Later |
General Von Schlieben surrenders Cherbourg. About 40,000 prisoner
were taken June 26, 1944. |
| I briefed a 36 plane B-26 attack as 386th Group Bombing Officer on the
German Defenses at St. Lo on July 25, 1944 |
2 Days Later |
St Lo is captured. The US 7th Corps breaks out of Normandy on July
26th and 27th, 1944. |
| I led an 18 plane B-26 attack at Fliers in Normandy. We dropped 1000
lbs. delay-action bombs across the German 7th Army Escape route through the "Falaise
Gap" in Normandy on August 12, 1944. |
8 Days Later |
The Battle of Normandy is OVER! 50,000 Germans surrender, 40,000
escape across the Seine River with almost no equipment. 10,000 are killed trying to
escape August 20, 1944. |
| I led one A-26 and one B-26 attack on the coast guns at Brest on Sept 6th.
and Sept 14th, 1944. Brest is an Atlantic port city in the French province of
Brittany. |
5 Days Later |
General H.B. Ramcke surrenders the port of Brest. 38,000 prisoners
were taken Sept 19. 1944. |
Albert E. Hill
Col. U.S.A.F.R.
7 December 1987 |
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