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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Panther Tanks Transported on the Rail

Two Panzerkampfwagen V Panthers transported on the rail. The picture was taken at Mailly le camp, Aube, France, circa 1944. Departure for Normandy?

Source :
Akira Takiguchi photo collection
http://www.history.jp/wehrmacht/034.htm
https://smolbattle.ru/threads/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B-%D0%B8-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8F-%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8.74773/
http://souvenezvous44.blogspot.com/2020/07/depart-pour-zur-normandi-front.html
https://twitter.com/puyokuma7/status/1199381810691497984

German Pilots Playing Cards While Off Duty

Luftwaffe fighter pilots in northern France relaxing and playing cards while awaiting their next engagement. From 'Signal' magazine, April 1943 edition, a German propaganda magazine produced by the Wehrmacht from 1940 to 1945.

Source :
https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/world-war-ii-1939-1945-german-fighter-pilots-in-northern-france-relaxing-and-playing-cards-while-awaiting-their-next-engagement/IAM-0510005075
https://www.alamy.com/luftwaffe-image367666705.html?imageid=E12C27B6-621A-4D63-8F8D-F91670102BC4&p=236409&pn=1&searchId=93bc764563f7ddd20e4729a986adae0f&searchtype=0
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/german-airmen-off-duty-france-1943-a-print-from-signal-news-photo/463908117

Friday, October 7, 2022

Bf 109 of JG 53 in French Airfield

This picture was taken by photographer Artur Grimm during the Battle of Britain, and its shows Messerschmitt Bf 109 "Emils" of III.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53) at an airfield in northern france, autumn 1940 (or spring 1941). They were seen after the restoration of the ‘Ace of Spades’ badge in November 1940. At some point during September 1940. it is reported that Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring ordered the covering-up of the unit's well-known Pik As 'Ace of Spades' emblem. It was to be replaced with a red cowl band. The precise reasons for this remain unknown.

Source :
http://falkeeins.blogspot.com/2022/07/rote-ringe-red-bands-and-swastikas.html
https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/jg-53?family=creative%2Ceditorial&assettype=image&phrase=jg%2053&suppressfamilycorrection=true