WW2 Naval Orders, Allied Naval Expeditionary Force
WW2 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 measure 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
Picture No
13944880
Media ID
45749043
Size
605px x 806px
(274KB)
Credit
© Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd. / Mary Evans
Source
The Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd. Archive Collection
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Expeditionary Fairmile Neptune Ramsay Torpedo Typewritten
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