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"This was a raid of the type I would rather pull more often. Cover Girl in for repairs so we used another B24, AC#1200. We hit the small French coast town with 12 five hundred pounders. One target was a large hotel that supposedly had been used as a headquarters for German officers.
Our course took the outfit south to Beachhead and over the channel. The IP was a coordinate in the channel and we saw no flak whatsoever. Went as smooth as glass, and we returned to base.", Foster writes.
Le Touquet is a eautiful resort area (video).
The unexploded 500 pound general purpose bomb above was recently found in Belgium from a May 44 heavy bombing campaign. Like the ones we saw aboard the Witchcraft.
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Target for Today Excellent 1944 AA Corps Govt movie puts you right back there to cover a whole mission. Real military personnel although campy stilted dialog. 1 1/2 hr if glitch/reload
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