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Danny
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Posted: 05 April 2007 at 10:47am |
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Hello, A couple of shots showing the armour on the LCA. It only really covered the troop compartment. There were also armoured doors between the ramp and the troop compartment. The US “Higgins” boat was an all timber construction craft and had no armour. I do not have any photos handy of them in action at the moment but if you go to he Imperial War Museum website, http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.asp, you can search their online catalogue of photos and this throws up a range of photos showing the LCA and other landing craft in use. Thanks for letting me know that the LCM is still there. I’ll have to try and get down there to take some photos of it. I think the local.live.com photos are a bit more up to date than some of the Google Earth shots. Just a pity they don’t cover a bit more of the country as their “birds eye view” is pretty good for spotting different craft. Regards
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Alex
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Posted: 05 April 2007 at 10:54am |
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Hi all, Danny, you just jogged my memory a bit. The L.C. that was for sale a short while ago in Bristol was a Higgins boat. Still trying to find the Photo. Alex.
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Posted: 05 April 2007 at 4:40pm |
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Hi all, I will be in Birsledon over the weekend and will try to post some pictures. The local.live photo is at least one possibly 2 years old but is still very good. Thanks for pointing that out it's a very usefull tool!
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dgray
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Posted: 05 April 2007 at 10:07pm |
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Hi Danny,
Thanks for the photos. Where is/was the boat in the photos? I'd like to find one in that condition to add to my collection of long awaiting 'to do' projects. I think that if a D-Day/WW2 LCA survivor is found, it should be saved (if at all practical). I don't think many people know of their existance or the few survivors left. Thanks again Edited by dgray |
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Danny
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Posted: 05 April 2007 at 11:57pm |
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Hello, The LCA was outside the museum at Arromanches. It was broken up around 1993/94. Supposedly the upkeep was too expensive. There was another LCA at the Utah Beach museum but I am not sure if it is still there. All the recent photos I have seen show a “Higgins” boat in the position the LCA used to be in. I don’t know if the LCA was broken up or moved. I did read that both were “D Day” veterans. As far as I know there are no wartime LCA’s in any museum in the UK. The D Day museum in Portsmouth has a “Higgins” boat on display and the IWM at Duxford has a mock up of a section of an LCA. Would be great if one could be put on display but I am not sure what is left under the woodwork of the survivors being used as houseboats. The attached photos shows part of what was buried in the mud at Warsash. Not sure what’s left now. There was a post war version for sale on eBay recently. It was not sold. Link is below if you want to have a look at it. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&a mp;sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=150103 754037&rd=1&rd=1 Would be interesting to see the photo of the “Higgins” boat that was for sale if you can find it. Regards
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Christian
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Posted: 06 April 2007 at 11:23am |
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Might some of these be of any interest?
Regards, Christian
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dgray
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Posted: 06 April 2007 at 3:21pm |
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Great info guys, thanks.
I suppose that there is none around the UK that could be saved. Shame really. Still, I guess they were only designed to last a few years. |
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Posted: 06 April 2007 at 9:07pm |
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Is the boat at Swannick fairly complete?
Any idea of the length of one of these LCA's? Cheers |
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Posted: 15 April 2007 at 12:03am |
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Posted: 15 April 2007 at 12:14am |
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More Pics!
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