US 8th Air Force B-24 aircraft drop bombs on enemy beach defenses in Calais, France during World War II.

US 8th Air Force air attacks against France during World War II. Aerial view of US Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator aircraft in formation flight. A gunner mans a gun. On June 5, 1944 a B-24 airccraft releases bombs over Calais. The bombs fall in the English Channel. B-24 aircraft drop bombs to strafe enemy beach defenses on the coast of Calais. Billows of smoke rises after the bombs detonate. A convoy of Allied ships underway in the English Channel.