Marauder passes over Cherbourg Peninsula. A B-26 Marcuder of the Ninth U.s.

Marauder passes over Cherbourg Peninsula. A B-26 Marcuder of the Ninth U.s. Air Force skins over a portion of the Cherbourg Peninsula where German troops are making a final desperate stand. Smoke can be seen rising from bombed targets below. In one of the greatest aerial and land bombardments in history June 23, 1944, the Allies unleashed thousands of tons of bombs and shells on the steel and concrete girdle which separates the beleagured German fortress from American armored and infantry divisions closing in on the city.