Photos of vehicles in the Falaise gap
- Bayerlein spirit
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Tiger II
Hello Michael
According with Eddy Florentin" Stalingrad in Normandie", Eisenhower visit the Chambois battlefield the 26, or 28 august 1944 ( not the 27, visit in Paris ). So, this Tiger overturned must be a I./s.Pz.abt 503 Tiger II.
Find here an other picture of Eisenhower in Moissy-Chambois battlefield.
Have you more information about ?
The last picture date 03 09 1944 - Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / National Archives USA
http://www.archivesnormandie39-45.org/s ... ef=p000824
According with Eddy Florentin" Stalingrad in Normandie", Eisenhower visit the Chambois battlefield the 26, or 28 august 1944 ( not the 27, visit in Paris ). So, this Tiger overturned must be a I./s.Pz.abt 503 Tiger II.
Find here an other picture of Eisenhower in Moissy-Chambois battlefield.
Have you more information about ?
The last picture date 03 09 1944 - Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / National Archives USA
http://www.archivesnormandie39-45.org/s ... ef=p000824
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In another post on this subject "vehicles on Falaise gap" I saw this pic of Tiger II (p) with a captions saying: "abandoned by the crew", since has a hole on the turret side.
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11 wasn't abandoned here exactly but on the Kellerman boulevard at CHATEAUDUN, behind the red house on the right and the house where ou can see 'DUBONNET". He was abandonned turret at 14 hours with the shot on turret. No fuel in its tanks, but some 88 amunitions and radio. Mister Husson who lived here said me that it was abandonned on the night. It's difficult to say who hit it. I think it was another Tiger (O2 or 10) which continued their retrait. Because of the lack of fuel the 3 Tiger couldn't retrait together. US diaries didn't talk about this destruction, but I know a 654th TD Bn M10 wreked the tiger near this bomb hole in order to let Kellerman road (road of ORLEANS) clean.
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vehicles gathered from battlefield
Sometime during my misspent youth I came across a book full of pictures of various wreckage from Falaise, as well as a number of pictures of vehicles gathered from the battlefield in huge equipment parks. Does anyone know of such a book, or does anyone have pictures of the gathered-up equipment? TIA.
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just my 2 cents:
aerial view, from the site of the site of the US 90th Infantry Division
http://www.90thdivisionassoc.org
can anyone identify the exact location of the first picture?
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Xavier
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aerial view, from the site of the site of the US 90th Infantry Division
http://www.90thdivisionassoc.org
can anyone identify the exact location of the first picture?
regards
Xavier
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Corridor of death
Thanks Xavier
Aerial view was taken by RAF, several days after surrending
the first picture was taken on the road Chambois-Moissy, see these view :
Others aerial view of "corridor of death" : source : IWM
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part1 : The stream " La Dives" and many wrecks
part2 : Road to escape, may be roads to Ormel hill (SdKfz251, Ford Truck and Famo )
2...Wrecks on road Trun-Chambois : Pz IV , trucks and FiatSpaTL37(maybe 12.SS)
3... Sdkfz 7 and 11, 88 and Schwimmwagen
Aerial view was taken by RAF, several days after surrending
the first picture was taken on the road Chambois-Moissy, see these view :
Others aerial view of "corridor of death" : source : IWM
1...
part1 : The stream " La Dives" and many wrecks
part2 : Road to escape, may be roads to Ormel hill (SdKfz251, Ford Truck and Famo )
2...Wrecks on road Trun-Chambois : Pz IV , trucks and FiatSpaTL37(maybe 12.SS)
3... Sdkfz 7 and 11, 88 and Schwimmwagen
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@ bayerlein spirit....
great!
I think the butcher's bill can be appreciated more with the aerials, usually you see a picture of a lone or bunch of destroyed vehicles crowded together, but the aerials..well, you get the impression...... it was like shooting ducks in a barrel..
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Xavier
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great!
I think the butcher's bill can be appreciated more with the aerials, usually you see a picture of a lone or bunch of destroyed vehicles crowded together, but the aerials..well, you get the impression...... it was like shooting ducks in a barrel..
regards
Xavier
Instandsetzungtruppfuhrer