Currently the C-IED task force is a tri service formation including units from the Royal Navy and RAF
catching the German force by surprise: Hurtling down the line of vehicles at 320mph they release their parafrag bombs from 300 feet then
6th June 1944 by Robert Taylor
Gunther Rall sitting on the cockpit side of Bf 109G-2 Black 13 of III/JG 52
carronades and musketry find their targets and casualties mount
Gold Beach, Normandy, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. ART381 Currently the C-IED task forceDHM1839. Gold Beach, Normandy, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. Royal Engineers Churchill AVREs of 6th Assault Regiment, 81st Squadron and DD Shermans of the 4 7th Dragoon Guards. Both units were part of perhaps the most important formation involved in the British and Canadian landings, the 79th Armoured Division or Funnies. Composed of a variety of armoured vehicles, designed to support the beach assault troops, they included mine flails, bunker