Search Results

Hi Guys, Sgt Len Lebenson, attached to G3, 82nd Airborne Division, had been on a quest with the other guy in the lower photo, Private Harold P....

Hi Niels, From the horse's mouth :D Page 334... [img] Page 335... [img] In addition, there is a 'Notes, sources, anecdotes and...

Excellent candidate Charles ;) After a bit of digging on my hard drive, I found the images from the time we last looked at this glider and I...

Hi Niels, Only the text in the dark blue quotations in my posts is directly from the book. The rest is my interpretation of the text to which I...

Thanks Sean, Well done Niels ;) Regards, Pat

Thanks Guys, Niels, your suggestion of Saint Fromond certainty looks to be the correct height from the top of the arches to road level when...

One more item of interest... Here is a strike photo of the raid which probably dropped the northern span of the railway bridge (bridge obscured...

Guys, Can you take a look at the last film (INV 588) in this Photosnormandie YouTube clip around time mark 04:29: <iframe width="420"...

Hi All, To continue the German story (p21)... Though no date is given for this passage in the book, I take it to refer to Monday, 31st July. As...

To continue from page 19... Francois Briere was a building contractor in Avranches and decided that the early morning of 31st July was not to...

Hi Niels, The foreword of the book I found very interesting, showing the outlook of the author at the time of publication (1964): I never...

Hi Allan, I was just looking at a photo of the model earlier this evening. Its here in what appears to be a museum in Avranches. Regards, Pat

Hi Allan, The next bit of the book is German related, so I have just opened a new thread to hold those extracts pertaining to the German forces...

Hi Rob, I saw it a few weeks ago on DVD and my acid test for war films is whether or not I would purchase the DVD for my library, having first...

Hi Rob, Sorry, just missed you there with my last reply. It looks like the 24th Lancers had yellow unit markings so I am going to do a trawl...

Thanks Allan, I still get a kick out of Joe Vandeleur's reply to Lt General Horrocks telling him that the Irish Guards were to lead XXX Corps...

Hi Hans, Just in case you are checking, I tried going round the Isle of Wight last night with no success. Regards, Pat

Hi Guys, Can anyone ID the British armoured unit in this Critical Past footage? Date: 19th August Location: Ecouche (4.5 Miles SW of...