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Okay a bit of a tangent here with a back story. My Dad was wounded and captured after the drop of the 508th on D-Day. He was transported around...
I found this site with a bunch of random photos from Normandy. Includes some shots of gliders, both crashed and intact sitting amoung the cattle....
I have just looked at another 508th PIR E&E and he reports being at a monastery called Notre Dame de Lourdes with other POWs for two weeks. Can...
In regards to Notre Dame d'Elle I did a quick search and the first POW that mentions that location indicated it was a monastery, Robert Young, 121...
I wonder if any pictures were taken at the Cherbourg collection point. Initially it seems that POWs, wounded and whole, were sent to the area of...
So could that 'stable' be from Notre Dame d'Elle? Do we have any aerial shots of that location?
There appears to be another match of another fellow in two other shots. Note the same tear in the left sleeve of the coat. [IMG] [IMG]
Any dates on the footage?
I found where it was after a bit of searching. The open field at Notre Dame d'Elle seems in contridiction with the E&E descriptions of being a...
Most of the POW E&Es seem to use that point interchangeably that is why I think they are the same place. And your Google map points are also the...
I am interested in figuring out the German transit points and routes for moving captured US (and by extension British) personnel from the battle...
I look forward to continuing good work and research opportunities on the website. Thanks Pat. Dale LTC USA (Retired)