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Old 02-08-07, 03:09
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Default Re: In the background on Juno Beach

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Originally posted by sapper740
Here's some kit having a really bad start to the war. I'm wondering if the UC flipped while off-loading an LST. The ramp may have been too steep.
Don't think so, Derek... I've seen a bigger copy of this famous pic, and there is a lot of damage to the right-side bogies. My guess is that he clipped a mine that was big enough to flip him right over. Unfortunately, reading of similar incidents, there's almost no chance the crew survived.

BTW, that's a Queen's Own Rifles' carrier IIRC, on NAN WHITE Beach near Bernières-sur-Mer.

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