Thread: The Calgary Tank Churchills From Dieppe
View Single Post
  #7  
Old 15-08-17, 17:27
Mark W. Tonner's Avatar
Mark W. Tonner Mark W. Tonner is offline
Senior Forum Member
  
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: London, Ontario, Canada.
Posts: 3,027
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra View Post
What I gleaned from forums like https://forum.axishistory.com//viewtopic.php?t=27180, is that the German Army was able to make up one running Churchill Mk.III from the Dieppe wrecks and used it for instruction and training. I reckon they were able to get more running out of the total of 53 which landed at Dieppe.
"53 which landed at Dieppe?" . . . Hanno - Of the 30 Churchill tanks of the Calgary Regiment that attempted to land, two were drowned and 27 others made it ashore, while the remaining tanks returned to the United Kingdom, having been unable to land.

Cheers
__________________
Mark
Reply With Quote