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RAF raid on La Caine HQ
The RAF raid on the ''Panzergruppe West'' headquarters at La Caine in Normandy was an attack by the Second Tactical Air Force of the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 10 June 1944, on the château at La Caine, north of Thury-Harcourt against the headquarters of ''Panzergruppe West'', the command organisation for German armoured forces in France. Several staff officers were killed in the attack and the ''Panzergruppe'' commander, General Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg was wounded. The headquarters was withdrawn to Paris, a counter-offensive being prepared against the Allied beachhead was postponed and the headquarters command functions were taken over by the headquarters of the ''I SS Panzer Corps''. ''Panzergruppe West'' remained non-operational until 28 June.
==Attack==
During the Battle of Normandy, the headquarters of ''Panzergruppe West'' was established in the château at La Caine. On 8 June, the location of the headquarters was revealed to British Intelligence by Ultra. On 10 June, aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force (2nd TAF) bombed the village. The raid was carried out by Typhoons of No. 124 Wing, consisting of numbers 181, 182 and 247 squadrons and No. 245 Squadron of No. 121 Wing, that attacked in three waves from low altitude and B-25 Mitchells of No. 137 and 139 wings, comprising Nos. 226, 98, 180 and 320 (Dutch) squadrons, dropping bombs from .
No. 180 Squadron, headed by Wing Commander Lynn, (the 139 Wing Commander Flying), led the formation, escorted by took part in the operation, eight were fighters armed with four cannon and the other carried RP-3 rockets (sources vary slightly on the number of aircraft on the operation). The Typhoons attacked in two waves thirty minutes apart. The first wave of from 181 and 247 Squadrons, fired from on the parked vehicles and the château as the Mitchells accurately bombs on the target.
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