One for @Books2Cover #photofriday is this paperback that arrived this week and will help inform my own book. And it comes with a little anecdote that is sure to be of interest to @copp_survey. 
@Books2Cover @copp_survey Apparently HMS Middleton neatly rammed X23. Now I come across all sorts of extraordinary anecdotes a out D-Day and most can be discounted with a look at contemporary reports. But this one may actually be true...
X23 was marking position DD, the intended launch line of the DD tanks. In their report the crew state the main assault force passed them 1000 yards to the west. That puts X23 about where the green dot is. Middleton (red) would have sailed past her to get to her bombardment slot.
The crew of X23 don't mention this in their report or log, and Middleton's log doesn't survive. But the crewman on Middleton recounting this is the skipper, Lt Ian Douglas Cox. He'd certainly be in the know.
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