Disaster at Clapton Sands:--- This incident happened on 28th April, 1944 when nine German E”boats broke our defences and attacked eight American landing craft in Lyme Bay on their 33 mile “D” Day training journey for a landing on Slapton Sands. Two landing craft were sunk and another limped back into Dartmouth harbour.
Worse than that, they changed the timing of the bombardment but didn't communicate that to the landing party who were storming the beach when the naval guns opened up! the whole disaster was covered up for years. There's a lot of info about it, just search OPERATION TIGER.
Disaster at Clapton Sands:--- This incident happened on 28th April, 1944 when nine German E”boats broke our defences and attacked eight American landing craft in Lyme Bay on their 33 mile “D” Day training journey for a landing on Slapton Sands. Two landing craft were sunk and another limped back into Dartmouth harbour.
Worse than that, they changed the timing of the bombardment but didn't communicate that to the landing party who were storming the beach when the naval guns opened up! the whole disaster was covered up for years. There's a lot of info about it, just search OPERATION TIGER.
Oops! error! Scott's bike is a SX 150 Special not LI........ I usually get something wrong eh!