By chance an air recce mission caught part of the air bombardment for TOTALIZE.
Map from Ried's book 'No Holding Back'
Taken on Aug 8 1944 the recce pics show a group of 12 B17 (first 2 photos) just after they dropped their bombs.
Photos from NCAP
http://ncap.org.uk/search/archive/1-1-7 ... &layers=BT
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Totalize bombing Aug 8 1944
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Totalize bombing Aug 8 1944
Last edited by Michael Kenny on 28 Jul 2016, 21:32, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Totalize bombing Aug 8 1944
Sorry, what recce mission?
DOH!
Nevermind, I read it as though a "ground" recce unit was bombed
I wonder if those photos were taken by the same plane that Meyer noticed circling overhead just prior to the German counterattack
DOH!
Nevermind, I read it as though a "ground" recce unit was bombed
I wonder if those photos were taken by the same plane that Meyer noticed circling overhead just prior to the German counterattack
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