A loaded Landing Craft Tank, 1943
Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa, 1943.
The Landing Craft Tank (LTC) was an amphibious assault ship for landing armoured vehicles on beachheads. Hundreds of LCTs were used during Operation HUSKY - the invasion of Sicily in July 1943.
From an album containing 216 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-10-104
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-10-104
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