Naval orders for capture of Cherbourg, WW2

WW2/MARITIME: Important archive relating to Sub Lt. David Johnson and HMS MTB 770, a motor torpedo boat of the Fairmile D Class. The most significant element of the archive comprises two maps for Operation Neptune Naval Orders (D-Day) on wax paper marked Top Secret. The first for situation PM D + 1, the second between D + 2 and the capture of the Port of Cherbourg, each measures 22ins. x 18ins. Also included are a number of photographs of MTB 770, her ship flown ensign, brass ship's plaque, Dwight Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters famous D-Day/Invasion flyer You are about to embark on a great crusade, together with associated ephemera and orders

Cherbourg Fairmile Neptune Torpedo

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