sentences:  The 416th flew a number of missions against airfields and coastal defenses to help prepare for the invasion of Normandy.It supported the invasion in June 1944 by striking road junctions, marshalling yard, bridges, and railway overpasses.The group assisted ground forces at Caen and Saint-Lô in July and at Brest later in the summer, by hitting transportation facilities, supply dumps, radar installations, and other targets.