Help with Normandy Soldbuch needed please
Help with Normandy Soldbuch needed please
Looking for some help please guys with a Soldbuch i have picked up. If i am reading it correctly i can see after training he first went to the 3 batt Flak abt 981 in Cherbourg then on to Marseille. Then on to 3 Gem Flak abt 595 in Saintes then on to Bordeux. Then next entry for 14/3/44 to 12/6/44 i can only make out 4 Gem Flak abt but not sure on the number part if anyone can help please...... after this it has 4 Gem Flak abt 497 which if he arrived in Normandy on the 13th i believe that would place him somewhere south of Bayeux ? ......after this i believe the 497 retreated to Caen then through Falaise and with the next entry him being hospitalised in Arnheim is it possible he was wounded escaping the Falaise pocket ? Would be great if any of my points that are wrong could be corrected as it is all a learning process for me and if anyone can help fill the gap before he got to Normandy on the 13/6/44 that would be excellent. If also what he was hospitalised for is there too again that would be great to know. Thanks Gary
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Re: Help with Normandy Soldbuch needed please
Unfortunately I cannot make out the unit number either - looks like 49_
After his stay in the Lazarett in Arnhem he was transferred to a lazarett in Munster with the injury code '31' which indicates 'Wounds & Sickness Due To Enemy Action'. Usually it would have a letter after the number to indicate what type of action (a = bullet wound, b = shrapnel, c = burns, d = bombing/air attack etc) but it doesn't look like they have done so in this case so narrowing it down won't be possible.
After his stay in the Lazarett in Arnhem he was transferred to a lazarett in Munster with the injury code '31' which indicates 'Wounds & Sickness Due To Enemy Action'. Usually it would have a letter after the number to indicate what type of action (a = bullet wound, b = shrapnel, c = burns, d = bombing/air attack etc) but it doesn't look like they have done so in this case so narrowing it down won't be possible.