Churchill Tank at Graye-sur-Mer - a photo on Flickriver

This obstacle-clearance tank, belonging to the British 26th Engineer Squadron, landed on Juno Beach on the morning of 6th June 1944. It sank into a four-metre deep bomb crater, concealed from its driver by the shallow flooded area that surrounded it. Four members of its six-man crew were killed by German machinegun and rifle fire as they tried to escape. The other two were seriously injured and had to be evacuated later in the day.

A bridge was built laid over the sunken Churchill to allow Allied troops across the flooded land. The tank was used as a bridge support. It remained buried for 32 years. In November 1976 a team of British Army soldiers and engineers extracted the Churchill from its wartime grave. It was then restored by the French army workshops in Caen and unveiled as a memorial on 15 October 1977. The two then surviving members of the tank crew, Tank Driver Bill Dunn and Bill Hawkins, were present when it was lifted back onto the beach. The D-Day tank unit commander General A.E. Younger was also present.

Once it had been restored it was erected on a concrete plinth as a memorial to all the soldiers who had died or were wounded on that section of the coast on D-Day. It is situated only about 100 metres from where it sank in 1944.

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Taken in: France / Basse-Normandie / Courseulles-sur-Mer (show map)

Taken on: August 5, 2016

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Camera: Nikon D90, f/4.2, 1/640 sec, 34mm (=51mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
Lens:	18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/4.2
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	34mm (35mm equivalent: 51mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0 Windows
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