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Hello Pat I agree - it was probably the best that could be done at the time, and I feel for the engineers who had to do the battlefield...

Hello Pat When I was at Montormel in July the guide told us that the British bulldozed mass graves from the Falaise pocket battles, and simply...

Hello Pat Rereading the piece by Hauptscharfuhrer Krause you could well be correct. However, his victory should be on the data table if you can...

Hello Pat If I am interpreting the piece correctly Hauptscharfuhrer Karl-Wilhelm Krause had a very busy morning with 7 claims already that day....

Hello Pat Interesting to read the SS respecting the Red Cross borne by a very brave Canadian ambulance crew, especially bearing in mind how the...

Hello Kris Good news for you - I have just returned earlier today from a holiday in Normandy, and met up with Sean who very kindly took my...

Hello Kris No need to apologise for any delay in responding, and I am very pleased that matters seem to be proceeding speedily in the right...

Hello Pat Nice idea about the second glass of red wine, and also your idea for the nice story timelines. Dad told me how they voluntarily gave...

Thanks for the continuing story Pat Ref "I wonder if any of the then young citizens of Le Mans recall their 'Day of Days'" - at Christmas 1944...

Thanks Pat Pretty good - a Canadian squadron took the photo, and a Canadian unit liberated the place - and one very brave civilian to approach...

Thanks Pat A bit of background information from my 125 Wing archive. Formed on 12 August 1941 with RCAF personnel at Croydon as an army...

Hello Pat Abteilung generally means battalion - so he was probably reporting back to his parent unit, for example Schwere Panzerabteilung...

Hello All I put a request on to two of the best forums of their type "Twelve O'clock High" and "RAF Commands" for information on F/O Edmund L...

Thanks Pat I note that Obersturmfuhrer Hansmann states that 12 SS were 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Bayeux, so maybe that equates to the mark...

Hello Pat Looking at the little map, and accompanying recce photo, I know that some drops were scattered, but I don't think that 6th Airborne,...

Hello Pat I have just e-mailed you some info on 83 Group, and also US IX Tactical Air Command, which might give you some more info. The Air...

Thanks for the continuing story Pat - afraid I have no specific knowledge of the Pilon Hill area, although of course I am familiar with the...

Thanks Pat They hung on to Carpiquet for some time, which was supposed to be the base for 125 Wing, and that is why Dad went to B.11 Longues...

Hello Pat I was amazed to find the correct information so quickly - and with some pretty amazing photos as well - what more could we ask for !!...

Hello Pat See http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/stories/seeing-in-the-dark The system’s most famous test came on the evening of June...