A bridge linking the peninsula with the mainland at Brest was rendered useless by

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A bridge linking the peninsula with the mainland at Brest was rendered useless by

A bridge linking the peninsula with the mainland at Brest was rendered useless by Marauders and Havocs of the American Ninth Air Force, which attacked the port on 3rd September 1944.
In an example of precision bombing, the Ninth medium and light bomber loft part of the bridge structure dangling In the water. The result is visible in the left centre of the picture where a gap near the peninsula side marks the destruction.
3rd September 1944

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Brest
Brittany
France

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