Mike Red Beach - RWR

[John McGillivray]

Here is an air photo of “Mike Red” Beach were the Royal Winnipeg Rifles came ashore on D-Day. Source: “A Canadian’s Guide to the Battlefields of Normandy” by Terry Copp.

[John McGillivray]

Here is a photo of the bunker captured by the Royal Winnipeg Rifles on June 6th.

Source:

http://info.wlu.ca/%7Ewwwmsds/apindex.htm

The bunker is located on the left side of the first photo that I posted, near the mouth of the Seulles River.

Thanks for posting these John. Interesting photos for me to see...

Karmen

[John McGillivray]

Here is another version of the first photo showing a wider view. It is from “Fields of Fire” by Terry Copp.

[John McGillivray]

This is a photo from “The Victory Campaign” by C.P. Stacey. The caption to the photo reads:

“Congestion on ‘Mike red’ Beach, D Day. These air photographs, taken at an unspecified time near high tide on the morning of 6 June , illustrate the congestion on the beach just west of the River Seulles which resulted from difficulties with the single exit over the flooded area beyond the beach.”

[John McGillivray]

The final photo, also from Stacey, taken in 1948, is a view looking from East to West. It shows both Mike Red Beach west (top) of the River Seulles where the RWR landed, and Nan Green Beach east of the River Seulles where the Regina Rifles landed.

The bunker shown in my second picture is the Casemated 75mm gun shown just west (above) of the entrance to the Harbour.

[John McGillivray]

The link below is to an exhibit of air photos taken on D-Day. Some of them are from Juno Beach. There are some photos of the 7th Brig. Sector in the Norris Hartwell photos.

http://www.evidenceincamera.co.uk/exhibits/

[Jordan Baker]

HI John

Thanks so much for posting these photos. This the part of the beach where my great unlce landed on D-Day. He was an NCO with the 18th Field Company and they were tasked with staying out on the beach clearing beach obstacles. My grandfather told me he remmebers him saying he had landed within the first wave and had lost 3/4 of his section by either mid day or the end of the day due to enemy action. Unlike the infantry these guys had to stay out in the open for a long time until the lane had been cleared.

I got the following info from John Sliz over on the Canuck forum.

"2 sections of the 18th came ashore on 'Mike Red' at 0745 to 0800 to clear a 50' gap in the obstacles. They did this in 30 minutes while in 4 feet of water. Another section came in at the junction of Mike Green and Mike Red at 0815. The balance of the coy came in between H + 5 minutes and H + 90 minutes."

I think if im correct that the junction between Mike Red and Mike Green is the beach exit that can be seen in one of the above photos. Its the one where the Churchill is now located.

If anyone has any further info on this please post it as Im finding it rather difficult to get more info.

Sincerely
Jordan Baker

Hi ... I'm just bringing this thread to the top again as it may have gotten lost in all the yappy postings done by all you motor mouths about rusty old trucks and harrassing or being harrassed by our Aussie friends

[John McGillivray]

Here a view of Juno Beach where the Royal Winnipeg Rifles landed. The Juno beach center is to the left of the photo.


http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/539184.jpg

Wow. Thanks for that John. The grasses and sand/beach type along with the huge water (minus the sailboats) looks very much like a lot of our backhome grasses and beach areas and Lake Winnipeg (nothing but lake and sky to be seen on the horizon)... places where my Uncles (and the rest of us) swam and fished as kids ................................

Karmen

[John McGillivray]

Another view of the beaches from above.

http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/ima...no%20Beach.jpg