I was reading today of the callous attack on Lt Jim Booth where it states that he is the last surviving member of the crews of the mini-subs X-20 and X-23. Man arrested after 96-year-old D-Day veteran seriously injured in claw hammer attack at his home Wishing Jim a speedy recovery. There are snippets of information on this forum about the D-Day involvement of these submarines but does anyone have the full story? Operation Gambit - Wikipedia Tim
Do you think this might be something relevant: Reference: ADM 179/475 Description: Operation "Neptune": employment of submarines x 20, and x 23 in Force J sector: Operation "Gambit" order Date: 1944 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Former reference in its original department: 0/0302/121 Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description TD
Lt Jim Booth Crossed the Bar recently aged 101. He is being remembered by a Talk at the Taunton Branch of the Royal British Legion, on April 6. The link is:Visit Taunton - Visit Somerset Regards Rattler