Bombing raid on les Petits Carreaux.

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An Douglas A-20G Havoc of an unidentified unit leaves an target near the small village of les Petits Carreaux on the GC 10 road. The raid was on the 7th ofJune and was aimed at the headquarters of the German 352 Infanterie-Division commanded by Generalleutnant Dietrich Kraiss. This division was responsible for the stretch of Normandy coastline that later became Omaha Beach.

Generalleutnant Dietrich Kraiss survived this attack, but was to loose his life in a later bombing raid near St Lo, by which time his division had ceased to exist as a fighting force.

http://www.omaha-beach.org/US-Version/352/352US.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc