LORD ASHCROFT: The pilot and his crew had been patrolling the seas off West Africa for several hours before finally, in the distance, when they spotted what they had been searching for.
On June 12, 1944, an American Liberator made a pass over Romille, France. The plane s mission, in support of the D-Day aftermath, was to soften German positions as the Allies advanced.
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