Awarded the Knight's Cross
The Medical Emergency Responce Team (MERT) picking up a casualty in Helmind Province
Upon landing the undercarriage collapsed but luckily did not catch fire
Before she could reach Ostend harbour
Led by Lt Cdr W G H Saunt DSC
Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, Normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. (GL) PER194 Awarded the Knight's CrossDHM1026GL. Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, Normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. While probing forward near Cagny on the initial day of the Goodwood offensive, Lt John Gorman, a troop commander of 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, suddenly found himself confronted by a Tiger II and three Tiger Is of the elite 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Supported by only one other Sherman, and aware that their 75mm guns would be ineffective against such