Allied air raids total 22000 sorties in 48 hours
Allied air forces report more than 22000 sorties in the last 48 hours with 144 German planes shot down and 20 destroyed on the ground. Night raids hit Paris rail junctions and Cologne while Normandy targets and coastal air operations continued with heavy bomber use. Minnesota birds program and wartime fuel data follow.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Paris
Cologne
Normandy
Air Ministry
Acheres
Versailles
Massy-Palaiseau
Juvisy
Lorient
Nantes
France
Assault on French Coast Opens With Timestamped Details
A World War II dispatch describes the beach assault at dawn with Lt Abe Condiotti at the helm of a craft from Brooklyn and Capt Leonard T Schroeder of Baltimore likely first ashore. notes include a lean 140 pound trooper Lillyman and the use of moonlight for entry.
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Abe Condiotti
Brooklyn
N. x
U. S. S. Barnett
Leonard T. Schroeder
Baltimore
Schroeder
Lillyman First Allied Soldier to Touch France in Invasion
Captain Frank Lillyman of Syracuse New York became the first Allied soldier to set foot in France from the west during the invasion. He learned in advance that he would draw the No 1 slot, serving with Lt Col. J L Crouch of Riverside California as their lead C 47 crew. They trained with secret equipment enabling pinpoint landings to guide other parachute troops and gliders to the drop zones.
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France
Cherbourg
U. S
Frank Lillyman
Syra
Cuse
N. Y
J. L. Crouch
Riverside
Cal
Crouch
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Minnesota
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U.P
the Petroleum Administration For War
Pearl Harbor
Lillyman
Dad
Coats
Botany
Polk
Dean
Doan
Europe
International Business Machines Corporation
By Howard Cowan
Drs. Benson and Benson
Optometrists
R. J. Benson
Frances Benson
Oliver Eakle
6Th & Polk
Betty Reynolds
Misseynolds
Hox
Cretney
Amarillo
Memorial Chapel
Blackburn Shaw
Funeral Directors
Texaco
THE
Texas Company
Xaco Dealers
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