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6-6-45 One year ago – D-Day
"Ned" wrote civilians on post
Not allowed to leave
No one could come in or go out
Painted invasion stripes on Aircraft
in the afternoon just before dark
Planes looked like zebras
Next step: Pre-flight of Aircraft
Bombed them up
3:00 AM Pilots took off
Pilots dropped some of the
bombs to support manpower landings
One pilot shot down – A
Jerry – thought this was
the first one short down on D-Day
Pilots flew over 300 sorties
dropped v 150 tons of bombs

"Ned's" group on D-Day
More sorties flown
v bombs dropped
v Jerry Aircraft
v gun Replacements
v bridges than any
other group in the "8th"
Air Force