A Gooseberry off the beaches at Ouistreham

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Claude Henry Parnall

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IWM caption : OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS), JUNE 1944. A Gooseberry, a line of block ships laid off the beaches at Ouistreham to form a reef before the rest of the Mulberry Port was assembled. The Gooseberry includes the old HMS DURBAN and the Netherlands ship SUMATRA. Two DUKWs can be seen moving amongst the block ships.
Note: Goosberry 5 at Sword beach. In centre, Royal Dutch cruiser Sumatra, right: HMS Durban

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