Norrey-en-Bessin on June 9, 1944

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Wolfkin
For a very long time I have been interested in an event that happened on June 9, 1944 near Norrey-en-Bessin. The 3rd Panzerkompanie of SS Panzerregiment 12 was advancing with 12 Panthers when they were taken in the flank by very effective fire that quickly knocked out 7 of the 12 Panthers. It seems that various sources can not agree on which unit was the unit that engaged the Panthers on that day.

Hi Jon;

The 3rd Kompanie's attack was launched at 1230hrs, the Canadian armour that would have engaged them would have been "C" Sqn, 6th Cdn Armd Regt (1H). Earlier in the day, a composite Sqn of the Sherbrooke's had engaged a Panther Kompanie to the south-east of Bretteville, with similar results as that of the 1st Hussars later in the afternoon. Hope this answers your question.

Cheers