Hello all I've been working with a couple of other fellows with a similar interest in Mulberry Harbours and Phoenix caissons. Our research has led...
Plan 5 of Geoff Futter Mulberry Plan 5 drawing, redrawn. Comments, corrections welcome
New upload (1 PDF sheet) for D1 caisson drawing correcting displacement FROM 2420 Tons TO 1620 Tons No changes to others for now
Plan 4 of Geoff Futter Mulberry Plan 4 drawing, redrawn. Comments, corrections welcome
With the winter months here, I have been whittling away at redrawing Geoffrey Futter's Airfix magazine drawings. I'm posting Plan 3 first, with...
Hello all. I've posted a number of times about my interest in the whole Mulberry harbour activity. For those unaware I redrew the various Phoenix...
Phoenix Caissons from Mulberry Harbour redrawn from existing set of hard to read set. Includes all 6 variants A1, A2, B1, B2, C, D, Ax and Bx.
I know next to nothing about Mulberry Harbours, but believe this photo shows a 'spud' (pier head) and 'beetle' (section of pier/roadway) exposed...
Happy New Year Just wondered how many out there get frustrated using the IWM photo search? Although a great online resource I have a big beef with...
Hello from Canada I wondered if any of the forum members have any information as to the disposition of all the individual Phoenix cassions that...
In the next couple of days I will be seeing an old friend Abbie (Albert) Keir. A lovely guy who is 94 years of age. He was present on June the...
My grandad was in the Merchant Navy and his tug pulled over some of the Mulberry at Arromanche. I was at TNA today and found a photo album of...
The storm that struck the Mulberry Harbours The storm that struck the Mulberry Harbours | University of Oxford The waves at the Mulberry Harbours
The waves at the Mulberry Harbours - A new academic paper that examines the storm damage to both Mulberries that may be of interest.
The CWGC lists several soldiers from 127 Light AA Regiment on the wall for the missing who died on 12 June 1944. This unit provided the...
Thought this would be of interest; have put a link to a Google translate page for non-French speakers:...
Just back after a few glorious but sometimes emotional days in Normandy. Thought a few might be interested in these pics. A section of the...
This is a 90 page report about the Story of the Mullberries (You can download it from my Photobucket Account) Link now broken. File lost.
My Grandads contribution during WW2 was to work on the construction of the Mulberry Harbours. Although I was too young to appreciate it we visited...
Thought you would like to see this, which I found in a review of the "On Track Model Show" held in Folkestone at the beginning of March ....
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