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by spannermann » 13 Nov 2012, 22:59
Hi Michael,
Yes, of their 14 Tiger II that the 3rd Kp 503 was re-equipped with, the split is approx 9 Porsche and 5 Henschel turrets.
Hello Juha-Pekka,
All very interesting stuff, but I have no idea where you get the information about the Tiger II's of the re-equipped 1/sSS Pz Abt 101, your locations are way out when you say "were destroyed either in Falaise or Seine in front of Paris".
The only Tiger II lost "in front of Paris", were 5 Tiger II (P) of Pz Abt 316 (Fkl), where four (#10, #11, #12, and #13) were lost in and immediately around the city of Chateaudun, south west of Paris, and one (#02) about 35km to the east of Chareaudun, close to Toury, in the direction of Paris.
As for 1/sSS Pz Abt 101, all their activities after arriving NW of Paris (from Sennelager, Germany) on the 20th August were in the Mantes/Sailly/Limay area north of the Seine, where over a few days they lost several Tiger II, later withdrawing north to Mangy-en-Vixen on the 29th August, where they lost Tiger II #104 (now in the Bovington Tank Museum), next north again to Gisors (lost #111) , again north east to La Cappelle (lost #121 now in the Munsterlager Museum), and finally by early September were at Jemappes, in Belgium, where they lost #113.
regards leonard paul
