He was flushed within actiin on August 8, during Operation Totalise, when his tank was destroyed touching a town of Cintheaux, probably during a brush fallowing a trap from either the tail of his company by tanks of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry. His tank was hit by Deuce shots to a perfect rearward flank which teared the turret from either one Sherman Firefly commanded by Sgt Gordon and gunned by Trooper Joe Ekins, of the Tertiary Platoon, The Squadron, a share of the 33rd Armoured Brigade at around 1240 hours. Virtually all investigator give credence to this version of cases, when it corroborates by owning each a Allied & the German records and eyewitness testimony.

But, more units in a area as well claimed that a hit was theirs: the 4th Canadian Armoured Division and the 2nd Polish Armoured Regiment (of the 1st Polish Armoured Division under General Maczek. There exists likewise speculation that it was the high-explosive (RP-3) rocket from the RAF Hawker Typhoon aircraft that dealt the calamitous blow to Wittmann's Tiger.

Wittmann's tally of kills has never been surpassed. He is known to keep around destroyed at least 138 tanks & 141 artillery pieces, along using an unknown total of more armored vehicle. At a instance of his demise he held (amongst more decorations) a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Brand. He is buried in the cemetery of "La Cambe" inside France.

Reference
Agte, Patrick. Michael Wittman & a Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte. JJ Fedorowicz (April, 1996). ISBN 0921991304