Wittmann at Villers Bocage, Normandy, 0900 hrs, June 13th 1944 by David Pentland. (C) REG30 U-201 with U-69 were ordered

U-201 with U-69 were ordered to intercept the westbound convoy ONS165

501 Sqn Hurricane Mk

Battle hardened Spitfires of 222 squadron head home high above a gathering storm at the height of the Battle of Britain

Mighty locomotives

Wittmann at Villers Bocage, Normandy, 0900 hrs, June 13th 1944 by David Pentland. (C) REG30 U-201 with U-69 were orderedDHM1274C. Wittmann at Villers Bocage, Normandy, 0900 hrs, June 13th 1944 by David Pentland. While other Tigers of his command struck northwest and decimated the tanks and half tracks of the Sharpshooters and Rifle Brigade parked along the road towards point 213 and Caen, Haupsturmfuhrer Michel Wittmann attacked on his own to the south east. Driving his panzer into the village of Villers Bocage. he proceeded to destroy the Stuart and Cromwell tanks of