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"ArtKramr" wrote in message ... Subject: Angels Eight - Normandy Air War Diary Interesting to hear how the Brits did it. Thanks. Is your dad still around. If so give him my best. No he passed away in 1982 Where was he in Belgium? I was up in Florennes surrounded by Brits. Maybe we met there.Who knows? (grin) He was in that region , they took Brussels on the break out from Normandy before joing the drive towards Antwerp and then Arnhem. During the Battle of the Bulge his unit was moved to the Dinant area where along with American forces they blocked the German path to the Meuse. On the 23rd of December they captured a jeep load of Germans dressed as Americans driving a captured jeep. They apparently didnt realise this section of the front was held by Briitish troops. Keith |
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Not just surprised...SHOCKED ! I was over Normandy and there wasn't a
German plane in sight over Omaha Beach from dawn to dusk. We flew two missions that day and never saw the Luftwaffe anywhere.. I seem to recall that there was Luftwaffe going TO Normandy beaches, but most of them never reaching it, and the numbers were, well to put it mildly insufficient. And It was propably in allied interests too to have enough Fighters outside landing zones to keep them away. mr.Hitler didn't really believe such a place was the actual landing site, just a minor decoy |
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Subject: Angels Eight - Normandy Air War Diary
From: "Keith Willshaw" Date: 10/11/03 6:52 AM Pacifi He was in that region , they took Brussels on the break out from Normandy before joing the drive towards Antwerp and then Arnhem. I was one of the bombardirs that took out the bridge at Arnhem a few weeks aftere the battle since the Germans were using it to reinforce an island in the river. During the Battle of the Bulge his unit was moved to the Dinant area where along with American forces they blocked the German path to the Meuse. I know Dinant well and spent a good deal of time there. Was your dad with XXX th corps? Those guys were all over that area and I knew many of them.. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer |
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"ArtKramr" wrote in message ... Subject: Angels Eight - Normandy Air War Diary From: "Keith Willshaw" Date: 10/11/03 6:52 AM Pacifi He was in that region , they took Brussels on the break out from Normandy before joing the drive towards Antwerp and then Arnhem. I was one of the bombardirs that took out the bridge at Arnhem a few weeks aftere the battle since the Germans were using it to reinforce an island in the river. During the Battle of the Bulge his unit was moved to the Dinant area where along with American forces they blocked the German path to the Meuse. I know Dinant well and spent a good deal of time there. Was your dad with XXX th corps? Those guys were all over that area and I knew many of them.. Yes he was with the 6th Batallion Green Howards Keith |
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