Falaise Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) I returned the stack of books from my library and I found this book "45 tigres en Normandie" on 503 Didier Lodieu's Posts & Activity here is a series of new photos taken in Paris both Henschel and Porsche visible Edited March 30, 2020 by Falaise 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Panzer Ace by Richard Freiherr von Rosen who was with 503 goes into their role in Normandy in some detail with lots of pictures including some of this trip to Paris https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079XWSBNK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Impressive that the guy survived, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I'm not sure of arrangements for train transport by the German's, whether the tank crews would have been in a passenger carriage, or on a completely different train altogether. I know von Rosen's tank got taken out in an attack by Thunderbolts. I'd interested to know how he survived the journey. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 If my memory serves me right - according to his book they got into the Tank during the attack - then they tried to drive the tank off of the flatbed because of nearby fires but it slipped off. So it had to be cleared away from the track after the attack and they then also realized then it has also sustained some damage from the attack. He then went to get a recovery vehicle but it took too long so they never recovered it. D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Peachy said: If my memory serves me right - according to his book they got into the Tank during the attack - then they tried to drive the tank off of the flatbed because of nearby fires but it slipped off. So it had to be cleared away from the track after the attack and they then also realized then it has also sustained some damage from the attack. He then went to get a recovery vehicle but it took too long so they never recovered it. Thanks for the additional info. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) On 4/3/2020 at 12:04 PM, Peachy said: If my memory serves me right - according to his book they got into the Tank during the attack - then they tried to drive the tank off of the flatbed because of nearby fires but it slipped off. So it had to be cleared away from the track after the attack and they then also realized then it has also sustained some damage from the attack. He then went to get a recovery vehicle but it took too long so they never recovered it. Your memory serves you well. PS - I recommend Von Rosen's memoir as he was a keen amateur photographer and consequently it is illustrated like no other 'Panzer Ace' type memoir that I can immediately think of.....Also he doesn't strike as a terribly ardent nazi, which is nice. Edited April 7, 2020 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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