I could never understand the air strategery. Countless sorties left bases in England to lambaste the German positions in Normandy. They flew directly over, going west to east, dropped their ordnance then returned to base. To me, it would’ve made more sense to have flown parallel to the coast and continually hammered the Germans.
I read the B-26’s supporting Utah Beach flew parallel to the beach, and the B-24’s Supporting Omaha flew directly in.