Illustration of Isigny in Normandy After Bombing by the Ninth Air Force

Illustration of Isigny in Normandy After Bombing by the Ninth Air Force

Bombing was a common theme for almost all groups in the Ninth Air Force; scenes like this were what ground troops would have to walk through when they were done

As the fighters and bombers of the Ninth Air Force did their jobs, ground troops would have to clean up after them. Cleaning out rubble with bulldozers and shovels was common when Allied Forces moved into the cities that had been occupied by Germans only hours before. It was not common, however, for the airmen in the aircraft to see the destruction they had wrought, except in instances of attacking airfields that they would later take over.
This illustration can be found in The Commemorative History of the Ninth Air Force book.

United States Army Air Corps

National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division

United States Air Force

1945-1946