Hi All, I found this page today during my lunch break: http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en-us/3762382.html As I have yet to contact the site owner for permission to use it here, you will have to view it off Forum for the moment. Members who find the location will get an automatic upgrade to 'Researcher' status and those already at that level will get a one liner 'Well Done' Hint, the Waco/Horsa combo rules out the British LZs ...and it's east of the Cherbourg/Carentan railway line. Regards, Pat
Hi All, Whilst awaiting word on my request to use the image from the Yad Vashem site, I had a look for cover in the NCAP archives and found NCAP_ACIU_US30_4108_1133 flown on the 8th June: Image Credit: RCAHMS/www.aerial.rcahms.gov.uk The location is just east of the Carentan / Cherbourg railway line and just under two Kilometers from La Fiere Bridge - see the GE finder chart below: The red rectangle is zoomed to below and shows the cluster of four Waco and one Horsa gliders in reasonably good definition: Image Credit: RCAHMS/www.aerial.rcahms.gov.uk This cluster has been caught on footage shot from the cargo door of a C-47 during a re-supply mission. The screenshot below from this footage appears in the 'DZ Normandy' DVD from International Historic Films and is reproduced here with their permission: I have marked the Horsa 'H1' and one of the four Wacos 'W1' for tie ups. As no one claimed the prized Hershey bar, I'll have it myself now with a cup of tea Regards, Pat
Pat, I was searching on the Yad Vashem site where you found the landing field with the five gliders. I ran accross another landing field which contains at least 10 gliders. It is numbered 26076 as opposed to the photo you found which is numbered 26067. I haven't figured out just where it is yet. Just thought you might be interested.
Hi Charles, I missed that one The road junction did not ring any bells until I had a look at DZ/LZ 'O' and spotted it: La Fiere Bridge is now at extreme lower left. As you can see from the screenshot, there is good NCAP cover up there so let's see what turns up. I'll be back later tonight with the results. This is one of the lesser know areas glider wise and was a candidate for the 'Hoatson Horsa Wreck' thread which is still to be found. Regards, Pat
Is that a real or a dummy German emplacement on the right of 1133? Is that why the P.I. boys took a look at this frame?
Hi Don, I had a look at that on Bing Maps (better definition than GE) and I can see that it appears to be a pond with muddy sides. I doubt if the Germans would have used it with the water table that close to the surface. The well defined sides visible in the reconnaissance photo would indicate some form of 'management' but that could just be the farmer controlling access for watering livestock. No such 'management' appears to be in progress today but I assume all these fields now have piped water to drinking troughs. Just my thoughts and I could be wrong Regards, Pat
Apparently you are unaware of the presence of suspicious collaborator cows in that area - herds of them (sign: 'moo'; countersign: well, 'moo') Wonder what the PI boys were interested in. Musta been 'milking' every local source for intel.