LCT 572's No.1 Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Edward Colin MASON, RNVR (seniority 9.10.42) then became Temporary Lieutenant (seniority 9.7.43) and commanded LCT 608 (LTIN 210) on D Day. On 11 June LCT 608 was torpedoed but Lt Colin MASON succeeded in sailing the wrecked craft back to England: And above all Fight! Briefing spelled out the D-Day mission. - Free Online Library "LCT 608 delivered her cargo and made it back to port despite being torpedoed on the way to France. Here is the landing craft tank back at Portsmouth": THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS), JUNE 1944. © IWM (A 24004) IWM Non Commercial License "Lt E C Mason RNVR, the CO of LCT 608 with his crew, showing the damage to the LCT": DAMAGED LCT GOT THROUGH. 11 JUNE 1944, PORTSMOUTH. LCT 608 DELIVERED HER CARGO AND MADE IT BACK TO PORT DESPITE BEING TORPEDOED ON THE WAY TO FRANCE.. © IWM (A 24005) IWM Non Commercial License "Lieutenant E C Mason, commanding officer of LCT 608, and Midshipman R S Graham with a portion of the wreckage sustained when their landing craft was torpedoed while ferrying supplies to Normandy, 11 June 1944": DAMAGED LCT GOT THROUGH. 11 JUNE 1944, PORTSMOUTH. LCT 608 DELIVERED HER CARGO AND MADE IT BACK TO PORT DESPITE BEING TORPEDOED ON THE WAY TO FRANCE.. © IWM (A 24006) IWM Non Commercial License
