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Hi Allen, When he was conscripted in 1940, Anthony was a reporter with the Daily Express. He was shot in or close to the Dutch village of...

Hi Allan, I don't know if this link to a page in the book will work indefinitely, but the last paragraph has some notes by the author trying to...

Hi Kevin, I need to get going on that thread again, but in a nutshell the family had to keep falling back with the German line. They eventually...

Hi All, I have been reading Jennie Gray's 'This is War!' based on the diaries of British Army journalist Major Anthony Cotterell, who was with...

Hi Kevin, Almost certainly in my view, the house described in the report as being at 'La Chonay' is one of the properties at the hamlet shown...

Apologies Kevin; it's a MS Excel file and the link appears to have only a limited life. If you Google the search tern "49th Engineer History -...

Hi Guys, Just a few more items; Below is the footage I was referring to above of the pontoon bridge under construction. Its film #f000103 of...

Hi Gliderman327, I can't post the link from my work PC just now, but if you search the Critical Past site using the search term 'rubber boat...

Hi Gliderman327, I could be wrong, but my understanding is that the rubber boat bridge was at the site of the present bridge at the left of...

Hi All, There are some great photos on the Australian War Memorial site relating to Normandy, including this one which might be chalk #7 of the...

Hi Hans, The guys on this WW2Talk thread appear to have solved the mystery...everything except the pilots of the glider if I am reading the...

One other thing Jeffery, Please see our 'Actions of 1/325 GIR on 9th June 1944' thread for more on the location of the above action....

Hi Jeffrey, Its likely, but not certain that Lt. Langnehs was killed somewhere along the line of advance taken by 1/325th on the 9th June. I...

After a bit more digging, I think this might be the Mission. Anyone able to confirm or add info? Thanks, Pat

Hi Neil, There appears to be a small dozer in the line of vehicles awaiting loading onto the LST in this BP footage (BP Film #1953.10). Still...

Hi Jeffrey, Welcome to the Forum and I hope the trip you plan will be enjoyable and productive. Since you will be in the area, another...

Hi Hans, Thanks for posting these photos. I have seen the last three but not the first. I have in the past tried to match B-15 to the 'Big...

Hi Jan, Sortie 1729 only, as the full set (as far as we know) of 439 frames from sortie 1730 are held by the National Collection of Aerial...