Admiralty records concerning Operation Dynamo and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, dating from 1940.
Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/790. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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vall inst as 10:00 Threadh is "ery 11th and there vas 3 my crew as soch (LLB (6) from mon got titto the The O2F the growted, sunds a of my C. in the dinghy, the whele the Stay and two WOOD 15 meen and two of my CUSTOM B board PM 2280 N |
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