Exercise Tiger Memorial
The Exercise Tiger Memorial is located in Slapton, southwest Dartmouth , Devon .
It commemorates the 944 dead who died on April 28, 1944 in an attack by German speedboats during the American exercise Tiger .
The M4A1 Sherman tank was recovered from the bay in 1974 on the initiative of Ken Small and erected in 1984.
literature
- Ken Small: The Forgotten Dead - Why 946 American Servicemen Died Off The Coast Of Devon In 1944 - And The Man Who Discovered Their True Story.
Web links
Commons : Operation Tiger memorial (Torcross) - Collection of images
Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 7.5 ″ N , 3 ° 39 ′ 8.4 ″ W.
