Morning Niels, Do you mean the Renault UE? If this is not for public disclosure, we will say no more :shy: Regards, Pat
Morning Kevin, I looked at several scenarios last night/this morning and have so far seen nothing of note. However, I have more work to do in this regard, so hopefully we will eventually find a match. Regards, Pat
I like the theory that the two colour photographs of the Horsa tail section in the lane taken by Doc Lage are located at Holdy on the hedgerow where LJ135 crashed. 1) This tail section is blocking the lane to Vierville and in the footage of LJ135 something is on fire in the background. 2) I believe the paratroopers have set fire to it to clear the lane. 3) After travelling down that lane numerous times during the last two D-Day anniversary visits, It looks very similar. I will take a photograph this year of where I believe Doc Lage took his picture.
Hi All, Kevin has sent me some video which he shot in the field south of Pratt Field looking NE towards the laneway. Below is a still from this footage: Despite the 68 year interval, I think the view is a very good match for the 00:13 - 00:15 segment scene. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for the Horsa wreckage in the opening 12 second scene. Below is my best attempt at photoshopping the tail section scene: My efforts were directed at the hedgerows in the background rather than the tail section and I am pretty sure there are three hedges in the panning shot. Nevertheless, I just cannot make it fit for this field. The overall wreckage is reminiscent of the rightmost Horsa wreck we see in the WW2 Radio shot here - cockpit missing, tail not detached, but broke off. I have looked at my NCAP collection and cannot see a good candidate in any of the frames. Must be somewhere close though Regards, Pat
Hi John, You are correct to doubt my location in post #4 for the final scene. The location is not on eastern side of the N13 south of Sainte Mere Eglise as I first thought, but rather on the western side of the road and showing the northen hedgerow of the field in back of the 'A-B-C' laneway. First, the present day location of the hedgerow in the final scene (00min:58sec - 01min:09sec): ...and an extract from frame 1062, sortie US30/4108 flown on the 8th June: Image Credit: RCAHMS/www.ncap.org.uk Now the ties from the northern treeline as it appears on the still photo from the aerial re-supply mission: This now begs the question about the scenes immediately preceding this last scene - if the Stug is the most northerly of the two wrecks and the roadblock with the sunken tree trunks is also on the N13 north of the town, is the Horsa wreckage behind the hedge that of the 'Jerrycan' Horsa? The starboard side wing is raised in all photos seen to date...but are we now seeing the wreck after it was blown up in the attempt to extract the jeep as related in the 'Otis Sampson & The Horsa Glider' thread? What do you think guys? Regards, Pat
Pat, After looking at the video it is a good possibility! The gas can horsa has some debris to the left background of it and a worn area is seen in the right background, just as you would expect when/if filmed from the road. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/vide.../168680952 John
Hi All, I've been curious to see which side of the roadblock on the north side of Sainte Mere Eglise the scene below is showing us: I recently came across a high resolution copy of the Signal Corps photo showing the Stug wreck knocked out by Private John Atchley of H/505th PIR for which action he was awarded the DSC. Below is a downsized version, followed by a zoomed extract of the tree trunks flanking the damaged concrete post on the eastern side of the the N13: There appears to be little doubt as to the match between the trunks 'A' and 'B' and I would suspect 'C' in the colour footage screenshot is the lowest, second from right in the Stug photo. So how close is this roadblock to the 'Jerrycan Horsa' wreck up the road aways? Below is an extract from NCAP_ACIU_US30_4108_1062 flown on the 8th June: Image Credit: RCAHMS/www.ncap.org.uk Note the Horsa wreck in question at top left, also on the eastern side of the N13. The yellow rectangle at the bottom of this extract is zoomed to below: Image Credit: RCAHMS/www.ncap.org.uk I am not sure that the Stug wreck is still there, but the burn mark is easily distinguishable. Far easier to see though are the two concrete posts behind and north of the Stug wreck. The square shape of the intact western post is very evident circled in red with the profile of the damaged eastern post circled in green, less well defined as you would expect from the battle damaged evident in the Stug photo. Not of any huge importance, but it's just something which needed tidying up Regards, Pat