Slapton Sands

Military site

Exact camp locations unknown - South Hams.

The build up of personnel prior to the D-Day landings was in some part due to the fact that Slapton Sands and Slapton Ley bore a geographical resemblance to 'Utah Beach', Normandy. This was a live fire training area.

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / David Reynolds, Rich Relations: The American Occupation of Britain 1942-1945 (Harper Collins, London, 1996).
http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?119…
http://www.history.army.mil/documents/WWII/beaches/bchs-7.htm
http://www.ddaysouthsea.solentoverlord.co.uk/?p=49