HMCS PRINCE DAVID, infantry landing ship, at Portsmouth 8 June 1944. Many of the ships allocated to the initial phases of the invasion had to return for supplies. All of PRINCE DAVID’s landing craft were damaged, sunk or beached during the first day, requiring replacements.

Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton photo, courtesy of Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK114)

This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, White Ensign Flying, The Story of HMCS TRENTONIAN, published by Dundurn Publishing in 2014.