Bombers support tank attack

30th June 1944: A tank commander in Normandy describes the nerve-wracking hours of battle, as 'Epsom' draws to a close

Avro Lancasters carpet bomb a road junction near Villers Bocage, Normandy, France through which the 2nd and 9th SS Panzer Divisions were expected to move to carry out an attack on the junction of the British and American armies. The daylight attack, by 266 aircraft of Nos. 3, 4 and 8 Groups, was carried out at 4,000 feet to ensure that the target indica…