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The most senior officer to be killed in the attack was '']'' ] who was the HQ's chief of staff.<ref name="debarquement">{{cite web |url=http://debarquement.com/articles/article.php?dmxident=123 |title=Liste des généraux morts durant la bataille de Normandie |accessdate=2007-04-23|language=French |format=HTML |publisher=debarquement.com}}</ref> The Panzer Group's commander, '']'' ], was wounded in the raid.<ref name="nzetc">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-2RAF-c10.html |title=New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force – (Vol. II) - Chapter 10 Normandy|accessdate=2007-04-23|format=HTML |publisher=New Zealand Electronic Text Service}}</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Attack on Panzer Group West's HQ | |||||||
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| Part of Battle of Normandy | |||||||
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| Aircraft of the RAF Second Tactical Air Force | HQ of Panzer Group West | ||||||
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| None recorded |
Killed: Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans and 17 other staff officers Wounded: Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg | ||||||
The Attack on Panzer Group West's headquarters at La Caine in Normandy was carried out by aircraft of the RAF's Second Tactical Air Force on 10 June 1944.
During the Battle of Normandy, the headquarters of Panzer Group West was established in the Chateau at La Caine. On 9 June 1944, only three days after the Normandy landings, the headquarters' new location was revealed to the British intelligence by Ultra's decyphering of German signals traffic. On 10 June 1944, 40 rocket-armed Typhoons and 61 Mitchells of the Second Tactical Air Force bombed the village killing 18 personnel and wounding others. German communications equipment and vehicles were also destroyed and the HQ was rendered non-operational.
Casualties
The most senior officer to be killed in the attack was Generalmajor Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans who was the HQ's chief of staff. The Panzer Group's commander, Generalleutnant Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, was wounded in the raid.
References
- ^ "Day 1944 Air Power Over the Normandy Beaches and Beyond" (HTML). HyperWar Foundation. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
- Wilmot, C.: "The Struggle for Europe", page 332. The Reprint Society, 1954
- "Liste des généraux morts durant la bataille de Normandie" (HTML) (in French). debarquement.com. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
- "New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force – (Vol. II) - Chapter 10 Normandy" (HTML). New Zealand Electronic Text Service. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
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