Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna June 1944, "Bangor" yakabatanidzwa muOperation Neptune - rutivi rwomugungwa rweD-Day landings muNormandy. Flotilla yechi9 yaiva rutivi rweForce J, ichitsvaira migero. Muchikamu chekurwiswa kwekurwiswa, Flotilla yaiva chikamu cheTask Force 129, iyo yakabva kuPortland usiku hwaJune 24-25 nechinangwa chokurwisa Cherbourg.
. Na11: 55 zvikepe zvinotsvaira zvimbambaira zveChikwata 1 (9th MSF) zvakabva zvatsvaira nzvimbo yeFire Support Area 3, zvichiteverwa nezvikepe zvinopfura zveboka 1. Sezvavakapinda munharaunda vakawira pasi pemoto wakasimba; mabhatiri eGermany sezviri pachena akanga akamirira kusvikira ava pedyo. Vanoparadza, vachivhara pamativi, vakaita utsi, asi moto womuvengi wakawedzera uye pashure pokuparadza mamaira matatu bedzi (hafu yorwendo rwakarongwa) vanotsvaira zvimbambaira vakamanikidzwa kudzokera kuchamhembe.