In the reworking of Operation Epsom, around July 2nd and 3rd, the job of taking Carpiquet, an industrial suburb of Caen which included the airfield, was allotted to the Canadians.
It was clear to both sides that the Allied capture of Carpiquet was strategically essential in the attempt to take Caen by encirclement, and that if the Germans lost the high ground covered by this little town, it would be impossible for them to continue to hold Caen.
Ironically, Carpiquet was the original objective of a Canadian armoured regiment on D-Day, and was then taken relatively easily by Sergeant Gariepy and his unit, the only men to reach their objective on June 6th.
September 15, 8 o'clock: According to the report by Lecière, a Press correspondent in Carpiquet (Calvados), a witness to see during 2 mn a point of white light appears in the sky and increases his size quickly, revealing an oval form and an unusual brightness.
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