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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

Battle of the Falaise Gap



 

6th Aug 1944 Attacks

6th Aug 1944 In Action

6th Aug 1944 Attack Made

6th Aug 1944 Attack Made

6th Aug 1944 In Action

6th August 1944 New bar anti-room takes shape

6th of August 1944 Relieving duties

7th Aug 1944 Holding the Line

7th Aug 1944 Orders

7th Aug 1944 On the Move

7th Aug 1944 Strong Opposition

7th August 1944 Lancaster missing over Caen

7th Aug 1944 Preparations

7th Aug 1944 Attack Made

7th Aug 1944 In Action

7th August 1944 Tank concentration spotted and attacked

7th August 1944 Tanks and MT attacked

7th Aug 1944 Devastation

7th August 1944 Typhoon pilots watch heavy bomber raid

7th August 1944 Typhoon shot down

7th August 1944 Three ops; pilot missing

7th August 1944 No red smoke

8th August 1944 Aircraft shot down

8th Aug 1944 In Action

8th Aug 1944 Under Fire

8th Aug 1944 Shelling

8th Aug 1944 Orders

8th Aug 1944 In Support

8th Aug 1944 In Action

8th of August 1944 Plans for attack

8th Aug 1944 Air Raid

8th August 1944 Gun positions attacked

8th August 1944 No movement seen

8th August 1944 Canadian braodcasting unit at airstrip

9th Aug 1944 Harrassing Fire

9th Aug 1944 Counter Attacks

9th Aug 1944 Orders

9th Aug 1944 Reliefs

9th Aug 1944 Mopping Up

9th Aug 1944 Moves

9th Aug 1944 Withdrawal

9th of August 1944 March to Vaudry

9th August 1944 Operations and promotions

9th August 1944 104 sorties by the Wing

10th Aug 1944 Quiet

10th Aug 1944 Patrols

10th Aug 1944 On the Move

10th Aug 1944 Orders

10th Aug 1944 In Action

10th Aug 1944 In Action

10th August 1944 Rockets

10th Aug 1944 Artillery in Action

10th August 1944 Refugees seen on the road

10th of August 1944 Friendly fire

10th August 1944 Petty targets

10th August 1944 Cab-rank operations

10th August 1944 Pilot lost attacking ammo dump

11th Aug 1944 No Change

11th Aug 1944 Attack Made

11th Aug 1944 In Action

11th Aug 1944 Attack Made

11th Aug 1944 Shelling

11th Aug 1944 In Action

11th Aug 1944 Attack Made

11th of August 1944 In Reserve

11th August 1944 Busy day

11th Aug 1944 Shelling

11th August 1944 Army support operations

12th Aug 1944 Reliefs

12th Aug 1944 Reliefs

12th Aug 1944 Patrols

12th Aug 1944 Attacks Made

12th Aug 1944 Orders

12th Aug 1944 Ground Gained

12th August 1944 

12th August 1944 Abortive op

12th August 1944 Mystery unmarked aircraft

12th August 1944 Typhoon pilot taken PoW

13th Aug 1944 Orders

13th August 1944 Four raids in one night

13th Aug 1944 Withdrawal

13th Aug 1944 Patrols

13th Aug 1944 Enemy Withdraws

13th Aug 1944 On the Move

13th Aug 1944 On the Move

13th Aug 1944 Attack Made

13th Aug 1944 In Action

13th August 1944 New base and three armed recces carried out.

13th August 1944 Move to Normandy

13th of August 1944 Move

13th August 1944 Operations over Falaise

13th August 1944 Business dropping off

13th August 1944 Tanks attacked

13th August 1944 Air attacks on Falaise

13th August 1944 German HQ attacked

13th August 1944 Pilot safe

14th Aug 1944 On the Move

14th Aug 1944 Patrols

14th Aug 1944 Moves

14th August 1944 Attack on Falaise

14th of August 1944 Burials

14th August 1944 Shelling

14th Aug 1944 Moves

14th Aug 1944 On the Move

14th Aug 1944 On the Move

14th Aug 1944 In Action

14th Aug 1944 In Action

14th Aug 1944 Bombing error

14th August 1944 Uneventful day

14th August 1944 Retreating Germans

14th August 1944 Posthumous DFC

14th August 1944 Two Typhoons shot down

14th August 1944 New C.O. leads attack

14th Aug 1944 Shelling

14th August 1944 Attack on ammo store

14th August 1944 Battle of Falaise

15th August 1944 

15th Aug 1944 Fighting Patrols

15th of August 1944 Burials

15th Aug 1944 Attack Made

15th August 1944 Move

15th Aug 1944 Moves

15th Aug 1944 In Action

15th August 1944 Two Spitfires shot down over Falaise

15th August 1944 Thunder storm stops play

15th August 1944 Armed reconnaissance reveals few targets

15th August 1944 Foul weather prevents air support

15th August 1944 Pilot escapes his captors

15th August 1944 Thunderstorms

16th Aug 1944 Reconnaissance

16th August 1944 

16th Aug 1944 On the Move

16th Aug 1944 Attack Made

16th Aug 1944 Deserters

16th Aug 1944 Advance

16th Aug 1944 In Action

16th August 1944 Armed recce

16th August 1944 Battle of Falaise

17th Aug 1944 Advance

17th of August 1944 Administration

17th August 1944 Enemy motor transport attacked

17th August 1944 Attack on German armour at Falaise

17th August 1944 8 Typhoons attacked by 50 ME109's

17th August 1944 Dog Fight over Normandy

17th August 1944 Typhoon lost in dogfight

18th Aug 1944 Advance

18th August 1944 Enemy Withdrawal

18th Aug 1944 Orders

18th Aug 1944 Reliefs

18th August 1944 1,000 M/T attacked

18th August 1944 Canadian pilot killed

18th August 1944 Attack on German armoured column

18th August 1944 Enemy withdrawing

18th August 1944 Typhoon attacks on tanks and transport

18th August 1944 Tanks and transport attacked

18th August 1944 Two Canadian pilots killed

18th August 1944 Train trapped in a tunnel

18th August 1944 Massive day

18th August 1944 5 operational sorties

19th Aug 1944 Advance

19th Aug 1944 On the Move

19th Aug 1944 Advance

19th Aug 1944 Advance

19th Aug 1944 Advance

19th Aug 1944 Advance

19th August 1944 Quiet day

19th of August 1944 Area Search

17th Aug 1944 On the Move

19th August 1944 Two pilots lost

19th August 1944 6 sorties against German armour

19th August 1944 Three air attacks at Falaise

19th August 1944 Two pilots lost

20th Aug 1944 Moves

20th Aug 1944 Wood Cleared

20th Aug 1944 Maintenance

20th August 1944 Little movement seen

20th August 1944 No action

20th August 1944 Mass wing attack on tanks

21st Aug 1944 Advance

21st Aug 1944 Concentration

21st Aug 1944 On the Move

21st Aug 1944 Attack Made

21st Aug 1944 Advance

21st Aug 1944 Maintenance

21st August 1944 Shot down over Normandy

21st August 1944 Stood down

22nd August 1944  Killed in crash landing


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Those known to have fought in

Battle of the Falaise Gap

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

  • Hill John Henry. Pte. (d.16th August 1944)

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Pte. John Henry Hill Lincolnshire Regiment (d.16th August 1944)

John Harry Hill was my mother's uncle. He was killed, we believe, on the road to the Rivers Vie and Touroque in the closure of the Falaise Pocket.








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