Hi Ossie, Just a slight correction, Lt Ivan Dickinson's tank, 3D, didn't get knocked out. He and his crew dealt with a lot of obstacles by hand and the tank was used to tow them away. He commandeered a flail to help him get on to some of the stakes to remove the mines or shells, and it was whilst he was doing this that he was shot. He once told me that it felt like being hit with a pick handle! His Demolition NCO took over his AVRE after he was evacuated. Ivan got an MC for his work on D-Day, as you know.
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