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On 2nd June 1942 U-652 was scuttled after sustaining heavy damage from an attack by Swordfish aircraft
53 by Ivan Berryman
It was surely Captain Blighs finest hour and an act of selfless bravery
still widely known more than a century after the events that gave him fame
Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, Normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. (APC) SQN390 On 2nd June 1942 U-652DHM1026APC. Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, Normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. While probing forward near Cagny on the initial day of the Goodwood offensive, Lt John Gorman, a troop commander of 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, suddenly found himself confronted by a Tiger II and three Tiger Is of the elite 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Supported by only one other Sherman, and aware that their 75mm guns would be ineffective against such