US Pilots of 380th Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group with P-51D Mustang Major General Manton Eddy and another American officer speaking to a captured German officer, Cherbourg, France, 26-27 Jun 1944US Army Captain Earl Topley looking at a German soldier who had killed three of his men before his own death, Cherbourg, France, 27 Jun 1944German 150-mm artillery position Cherbourg, France, circa Jul 1944
US Pilots of 380th Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group with P-51D Mustang 'Fools Paradise IV' at Maupertus Airfield, Cherbourg, France, Jul-Aug 1944; note Jeep and CCKW fuel truckMajor General Manton Eddy and another American officer speaking to a captured German officer, Cherbourg, France, 26-27 Jun 1944US Army Captain Earl Topley looking at a German soldier who had killed three of his men before his own death, Cherbourg, France, 27 Jun 1944German 150-mm artillery position Cherbourg, France, circa Jul 1944
US Army personnel inspect an abandoned partially completed V-1 launching ramp near Cherbourg, France, 12 Jul 1944.Ammunition dump explosion in Cherbourg harbor, France, 17 Aug 1944French civilians gathering in front of damaged Église Notre-Dame-du-Vœu, Cherbourg, France, 22 Aug 1944US Navy PT-199, a 78-foot Higgins motor torpedo boat, tied up with US Coast Guard 83-foot patrol boats along the waterfront at Cherbourg, France, 30 Aug 1944.
US Army personnel inspect an abandoned partially completed V-1 launching ramp near Cherbourg, France, 12 Jul 1944.Ammunition dump explosion in Cherbourg harbor, France, 17 Aug 1944French civilians gathering in front of damaged Église Notre-Dame-du-Vœu, Cherbourg, France, 22 Aug 1944US Navy PT-199, a 78-foot Higgins motor torpedo boat, tied up with US Coast Guard 83-foot patrol boats along the waterfront at Cherbourg, France, 30 Aug 1944.
RMS Queen Elizabeth at Cherbourg, France, Jul 1966, photo 2 of 2
RMS Queen Elizabeth at Cherbourg, France, Jul 1966, photo 2 of 2


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