1st Hussars, D-Day

[MicS]

Perry,

In addition to Mike's ('Trux') magnificent thread on JUNO on ww2talk, there's his equally great thread on Force 'L', with the Follow-Up ships and craft, some of which carried 6 CAR vehicles & men:
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/52958-naval-force-l/

Should you wish to know the hull numbers of the craft which carried 6 CAR, i.e. which actual vessel corresponded to which LTIN or Serial Number, this is usually quite hard to come by, but I had a bit of luck and here they are, with their loading places and times (times are Zone minus Two, which means that 2 1/2 hours should be added to them to obtain local time. D Day was then scheduled as 5 Jun 44, so this must be kept in mind when calculating D-2 for example):

Group. LTIN Type.. Hull Flotilla, Squadron, Assault Group ................. Time,Day & Place of Loading
311(a) 1000 LCT(3). 306 .4 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 0300 D-3 G.2 Hard
311(a) 1001 LCT(3) 7010 .4 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 0300 D-3 G.2 Hard
311(a) 1002 LCT(3). 390 .4 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 0400 D-3 G.2 Hard
311(a) 1003 LCT(3). 441 .4 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 0400 D-3 G.2 Hard
311(a) 1004 LCT(3). 311 .4 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 0500 D-3 G.2 Hard
311(a) 1005 LCT(3). 372 .4 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 0500 D-3 G.2 Hard
311(a) 1006 LCT(3). 422 .4 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 0600 D-3 G.2 Hard
311(a) 1007 LCT(3). 303 .4 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 0600 D-3 G.2 Hard
312(b) 1013 LCT(CB)2041 333 Support Flotilla, 1 Support Squadron .......... 1900 D-3 G.4 Hard
315(a) 1106 LCT(4). 506 20 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 0500 D-2 G.4 Hard
315(a) 1107 LCT(4). 522 20 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 0500 D-2 G.4 Hard
315(a) 1108 LCT(4). 517 20 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 0400 D-2 G.4 Hard
313(a) 1116 LCT(4). 509 20 LCT Flotilla, 'K' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J1 1800 D-4 G.3 Hard
315(c) 1133 LCT(4). 770 36 LCT Flotilla, 'P' LCT Squadron, Assault Group J3 0100 D-2 G.4 Hard
332 .. 1149 LST(2). 238 .9 LST(2) Flotilla, Assault Group J3 .............. 1200 D-3 S.2 Hard (East)
332 .. 1152 LST(2). 199 .4 LST(2) Flotilla, Assault Group J3 .............. 1600 D-3 S.1 Hard (Inside)
332 .. 1155 LST(2).. 65 .4 LST(2) Flotilla, Assault Group J3 .............. 1600 D-3 S.3 Hard
333 .. 1158 LST(2). 405 .2 LST(2) Flotilla, Assault Group J3 .............. 0300 D-2 S.3 Hard

Did you procure the 6 CAR War Diary, which may (or not) include the detailed loading table for D Day?

Here's what I have on some of the ships or craft listed above:

LCT(3) 441 (1003):
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/it...ect/1030013008

LCT(3) 303 (1007) was photographed during Exercise Yukon on 11-12 June 1942 (see attachment).

LCT(CB) 2041 (1013) is better documented:
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=11527
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2205

THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORMANDY 1944. © IWM (B 5930)IWM Non Commercial Licence
plus attachment.

LCT(4) 522 (1107):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peop...a4371059.shtml

LST(2) 238 (1146):
http://ddnf.org.uk/memories/h_spensley/

Any additional information you might have would be most appreciated.

Michel