Children sitting on a railing watch the activity down on the beach at Blackpool Sands, Salcombe, Devon. Image courtesy of photosnormandie.
Landing exercise of a TD Bn with one or more companies in progress on a beach at Slapton Sands in England. Image courtesy of photosnormandie.
Aerial view of a practice landing at Slapton Sands, England, in preparation for the Normandy Invasion. Photo taken 17 March 1944. Note M-4 Sherman tanks, with amphibious breathing gear fitted; USS LCT-413 landing personnel; line of beach obstacles. Source: US National Archive.
View of practice landing operations at Slapton Sands, England, on 17 March 1944, in preparation for the Normandy Landings. Note amphibious M-4 “Sherman” tanks on waterfront, and landing craft heading in. Source: US National Archive.
Panoramic view of a practice landing exercise at Slapton Sands, England, in preparation for the Normandy Invasion. Photograph released on 6 June 1944.. Source: US National Archive.
Colourised USAAF aerial view image of Exercise Tiger on 27 April 1944 showing the northern half of the lake behind the beach called Slapton Ley. Various Landing Craft Tanks are arriving at the beach, unloading vehicles or sailing off back into Start Bay. Lines of vehicles can be seen driving up the beach slope to the lakeside. Original Image Source: Historic England Archive. USAAF Photography.
Colourised USAAF aerial view image of the area around the middle of Slapton Ley in the early afternoon of 27 April 1944. Troops construct a pontoon bridge (PB) across the lake so that vehicles can drive off the beach and head inland. So far 19 sections have been built, protected from aerial attack by a barrage balloon (B). Vehicles (V) by the lakeside wait for the bridge to be completed as more vehicles drive onto the beach from Landing Craft Tank Marks 3 (L3) and 6 (L6). Source: Historic England Archive. USAAF Photography.
Colourised USAAF aerial view image of Exercise Tiger by about 09:00 on the morning of 27 April 1944. The patchy clouds are the remains of the smokescreen, obscuring the naval bombardment target areas. Tanks are scattered on the slope of the beach. More Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel are on their final approach to the beach and at least 8 are returning to their transport ships. Image Source: Historic England Archive. USAAF Photography.
