Reel Number: 221498-08
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1944
Country: England,France,United Kingdom,USA
Location: GranD Champ
TC Begins: 13:07:23
TC Ends: 13:14:58
Duration: 00:07:35
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WWII - 1944, France: Bombardment of Grand Champ. 11Jun44 DD-431 USS Plunkett’s 5” guns bombarding France. Explosions on shore; giant smoke ring & other large explosions. 13:09:34 HMS Glasgow (cruiser) fires 13:09:57 BB-35 USS Texas fires 13:10:37 Grand Champ under bombardment. 13:11:14 DD-625 USS Harding bombards coast 13:12:14 HMS Glasgow (?) firing. 13:12:49 USS Plunkett firing 13:13:10 DD-726 USS Meredith dead in water; sunk after hit by German glider bomb 13:13:53 Pan of fleet of ships w/ barrage balloons overhead. WW2 Normandy bombardment; English Channel; NOTE: USS Meredith hit on morning of 10Jun44 by mine, towed to Bay of Seine where hit on 11th June.