Bad day for the Panthers.
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Re: Bad day for the Panthers.
Hi,
I thought this might be of interest:
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/a- ... nel.81483/
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Tom
I thought this might be of interest:
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/a- ... nel.81483/
Regards
Tom
Re: Bad day for the Panthers.
Another Tiger inside Fontenoy le Pesnel that is not mentioned anywhere before? That author mentions British, Irish and French sources, but no German.Tom from Cornwall wrote: ↑04 Nov 2019, 19:17Hi,
I thought this might be of interest:
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/a- ... nel.81483/
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Re: Bad day for the Panthers.
There is no new 'evidence' . In one of the Panzerwrecks book a simply error had been made (many French villages have similar names) and a Tiger described as being in Fontenay le Marmion is actually in Fontenay le Pesnil. That is it. No more no less.Mobius wrote: ↑04 Nov 2019, 19:55Another Tiger inside Fontenoy le Pesnel that is not mentioned anywhere before? That author mentions British, Irish and French sources, but no German.Tom from Cornwall wrote: ↑04 Nov 2019, 19:17Hi,
I thought this might be of interest:
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/a- ... nel.81483/
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It is the subject of an upcoming French Normandie 1944 mag
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Re: Bad day for the Panthers.
Further to the losses sustained by German tank formations during Ops by 49 Inf Div at this point in the Normandy campaign, I thought this snip might be of interest from the war diary of 49 Recce Regt (WO171/506):
The diary goes on to report that the "tks and PW identified as of 4/3 Pz Regt of 2 Pz Div".
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The diary goes on to report that the "tks and PW identified as of 4/3 Pz Regt of 2 Pz Div".
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Re: Bad day for the Panthers.
That location is the middle of an open field. Shown circled in this 1947 air view.
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Re: Bad day for the Panthers.
Hi Michael,
It's been a long time since I was a boy scout and did map reading, but I make it the next grid square up where there are orchards shown in contemporary British maps, eg
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It's been a long time since I was a boy scout and did map reading, but I make it the next grid square up where there are orchards shown in contemporary British maps, eg
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My mistake I used square 65 instead of 66. As is normally the case this area is just off the edge of a 1945 detailed view of these orchards.
and the wartime view was taken 3 days before on June 24th-
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Thanks for posting those photos. At least we have restored the reputation of 49th Recce Regt's map-reading skills!
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Re: Bad day for the Panthers.
Tom from Cornwall wrote: ↑21 Jan 2020, 21:25At least we have restored the reputation of 49th Recce Regt's map-reading skills!
Better than Worthington's?