Practice Landing Crafts Braunton Burrows
These concrete mock-ups of landing crafts, of which 4 remained, were used to train Amercan troops in the disembarkation procedure for the landings on D-Day.
In one of the boats is a remembrance plaque.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Rod Allday
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