Ouistreham, Edward King's 15th operation of his tour
Title
Ouistreham, Edward King's 15th operation of his tour
Description
Three items, Edward's brief description of the operation, his navigation plot and a press cutting with the caption 'Allies invade France', which describes some of the air activity in support of D Day.
Creator
Date
1944-06-06
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
One handwritten document, navigation plot, press cutting
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Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
SKingEJ182986v10069, SKingEJ182986v10070, SKingEJ182986v10071
Transcription
[underlined] Ouistreham. [/underlined]
[underlined] Naval Gun Battery [/underlined] [underlined] 6/6/44. [/underlined]
Airborne
[underlined] Landed 0650 [/underlined]
Quiet trip. – Bombed in daylight. No fighters or flak (except for Le Havre).
French country side looked very peaceful on "D"-Day.
[page break]
[Map]
[inserted] [underlined] OUISTREHAM. [/underlined] [/inserted]
[page break]
ALLIES INVADE FRANCE
MASSED RAIDS FOR 16 HOURS
MASSED bombing of Northern France, in support of our invasion Forces, has been going on non-stop for 16 hours since before midnight.
All records in the air were broken today as hundreds of planes, RAF and American, flew a shuttle service across the Channel.
There was little sleep for people in the S.E. coast towns after 3.30 a.m., and people went into the streets to watch the formations going out in the half-light.
They heard the drone of heavy troop-carrying planes, and, as dawn broke, saw the huge tow-planes travelling south over the Channel with gliders streaming out behind.
During the night Bomber Command made their heaviest attack yet on the German batteries along the French coast, says Air Ministry News Service.
There were ten attacks between 11.30 p.m. and dawn, each by 100 or more heavy bombers. In all, Bomber Command sent out 1,300 aircraft.
[underlined] Naval Gun Battery [/underlined] [underlined] 6/6/44. [/underlined]
Airborne
[underlined] Landed 0650 [/underlined]
Quiet trip. – Bombed in daylight. No fighters or flak (except for Le Havre).
French country side looked very peaceful on "D"-Day.
[page break]
[Map]
[inserted] [underlined] OUISTREHAM. [/underlined] [/inserted]
[page break]
ALLIES INVADE FRANCE
MASSED RAIDS FOR 16 HOURS
MASSED bombing of Northern France, in support of our invasion Forces, has been going on non-stop for 16 hours since before midnight.
All records in the air were broken today as hundreds of planes, RAF and American, flew a shuttle service across the Channel.
There was little sleep for people in the S.E. coast towns after 3.30 a.m., and people went into the streets to watch the formations going out in the half-light.
They heard the drone of heavy troop-carrying planes, and, as dawn broke, saw the huge tow-planes travelling south over the Channel with gliders streaming out behind.
During the night Bomber Command made their heaviest attack yet on the German batteries along the French coast, says Air Ministry News Service.
There were ten attacks between 11.30 p.m. and dawn, each by 100 or more heavy bombers. In all, Bomber Command sent out 1,300 aircraft.
Collection
Citation
Edward King, “Ouistreham, Edward King's 15th operation of his tour,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 2, 2023, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/34252.
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