Tuesday
20 June 1944
Start Location:
CAMBES
War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide
End Location:
CAMBES
The take over from 2/RUR was completed and by 0640 hrs all tracked vehicles were in position.
An M.E. 109 flying low & fast was shot down by A/A fire.
'C' Coy O.P. reported 6 heavy lorries in wood near BURON (9972).
D-Day+
14
20 June 1944
Messerschmitt 109 France, late 1943 By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-487-3066-04/Boyer/CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5412458
Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts)
Bttn withdrawn and relieved by 2ND RUR.
(Conflicting. Relieved by 5th Bttn South Staff Reg (58th Infantry Division) at Cambes then marched to Benouville to prepare for attack on Caen).
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Tuesday
20 June 1944
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