ARMOURED VANGUARD ARD HUSSAR VETERAN
IN A BRITAIN AT WAR EXCLUSIVE, SWORD BEACH AND HUSSAR VETERAN, MAJORGENERAL STUART WATSON CBE, SHARES HIS MEMORIES OF DUPLEX DRIVE TRAINING AND DISCOVERING THE D-DAY PLANS A DAY EARLY WITH JAMES HOARE.
Sword Beach veteran, Major- General Stuart Watson CBE. (VIA AUTHOR)
’C’ Squadron crews prepare their Shermans. May 30, 1944.
Major-General Watson talking to schoolchildren at a recent event at The Tank Museum. (COURTESY OF THE TANK MUSEUM)
Even with the benefit of hindsight, the idea of a Duplex Drive (DD) tank seems ludicrous: 30-odd tons of tank bobbing about in the malevolent water, floated only by an inflated canvas screen.
