Royal Navy Normandie landings
Hello, I am doing research on a certain episode over Utah beach, perhaps slightly southeast of Utah beach on the 9th of June 1944. Question is, where the Royal Navy anywhere near Utah beach on the 9th...
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I thought the RN provided a larger chunk of the naval contingent so the odds would have been some place near by. http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/destroyersatnormandy.htm Brief mention of...
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I see several RN cruisers in the fire-support plan for Utah Beach (Black Prince, Hawkins, Enterprise) and the monitor Erebus - no names are given for the destroyers.
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I had read someplace that at least two RN destroyers had joined the gun line and went in very close to destroy MG positions and help get the US forces off the beach but I'm damned if I remember where...
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northweald wrote:Hello, I am doing research on a certain episode over Utah beach, perhaps slightly southeast of Utah beach on the 9th of June 1944. Question is, where the Royal Navy anywhere near Utah...
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I thought alot of the Landing craft crews were RN and RM?
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To follow up with more information as there seem to quite a lot of knowledge here Between 21:00 and 22:00, the allied Navy forced fired upon two squadrons of Spitfires. The squadron leader was hit,...
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northweald wrote: the allied Navy ... fired upon two squadrons of Spitfires. 250 members of the Royal Observer Corps volunteered to serve on Allied ships during the Normandy landings to try and...
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The incident was between 9PM and 10PM - I submit that visibility, and thus the ability to recognize anything, would have been significantly compromised.
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Instituted on short notice about June 3 (or so), intended to at least reduce the incident of 'blue on blue' AA vs aircraft.Didn't always work, but it was better than nothing.Based on RAF experience...
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jlyons97 wrote:Instituted on short notice about June 3 (or so), intended to at least reduce the incident of 'blue on blue' AA vs aircraft.Didn't always work, but it was better than nothing.Based on...
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