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Operation Overlord grey plaque

Commemorative plaque
Operation Overlord grey plaque
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This grey commemorative plaque records: OPERATION OVERLORD On the 5th June 1944 over 300 craft left the quays of Poole for the Normandy Landings

From the Open Plaques record 12889

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