Just £25,000 is needed for the final push to get funds for the full restoration and final display of D-Day sole survivor, landing craft (tank) LCT 7074. The National Museum of the Royal Navy has launched the campaign to raise funds to help complete the restoration of the last surviving Second World War, D-Day LCT 7074. She will be displayed alongside the museum’s affiliate, the D-Day Story, Southsea, to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019. The scheme has received a generous first round grant of £4.7million from the National Lottery however match funding is now required to unlock the funds and secure enough money to carry out the full restoration of the 200-foot craft. Head of Exhibitions and Collections at The National Museum of the Royal Navy, Nick Hewitt said: “At dawn, on the morning of D-Day, 6 June 1944, 800 landing craft approached the Normandy landing beaches. What ensued was the largest seaborne invasion in history and it was landing craft, including LCT 7074, that deli...