"CB" Fireflies

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by John Tapsell
LCT "212" is an old friend.

The loading tables at PRO say that she carried six Sherman III, one Sherman Vc and one Sherman ARV (plus a universal carrier and five porpoise ammo sledges).

On the other hand the 13/18 war diary comments that the three LCTs due to carry C Sqn and HQ Sqn were overloaded and therefore two Shermans from each were loaded onto a reserve LCT.

212 actually carried the following:

right hand column - rear to front
10 - Balaclava (Sherman III - regt command tank)
-- - 1 x ARV
77 - (Sherman III C Sqn)

left hand column - rear to front
1 x Carrier (in this case belonging to regt Intel Officer)
11 - (Sherman III - HQ Sqn)
70 - (Sherman III C Sqn)
71 - Carole (Sherman Vc C Sqn)
1(?) X GPA (amphibious) jeep placed centrally between the two rows.
5(?) x Porpoises.

John;

Loading Gosport - 3 June 1944 - look what I found.

Cheers