Stefano di Giusto touched base back in July (sorry about the delay in posting) with a couple of updates that might be useful for readers of Panzerwrecks 24. Over to Stefano: p.1: Very nice photo; note that the 3-pointed star used by 15.Pzgrendiv since mid-1944 is painted on the back of the PzIV on the […]
Greetings Panzerwreckers Javier Tome contacted me recently with more information about the Tiger II on P54 of Forgotten Archives 1. Over to you Javier: From the “345th Field Artillery Battalion” book: “On January 29, the battalion moved into position around Steffeshausen, Belgium, on the banks of the Our River, the last barrier into Germany. This […]
Greetings Panzerwreckers. Javier Tome strikes once again with a location. This time it is the shot of the General Patton and Panther on page 49 of Panzerwrecks 15. Over to you Javier: A picture from Ebay gives the situation of the photo of Gen. Patton inspecting armor as Aubing-Munich. May be this armor was the […]
Greetings Panzerwreckers, Javier Tome kindly shared some information regarding the rare ‘last steel wheel’ Panther in Panzerwrecks 1 P79 & Panzerwrecks 5 P21. Over to Javier: The Heimat- und Kulturkreises Vohburg has sent me the following information about the Panther on P79 of Panzer Wrecks 1 and P21 of Panzer Wrecks 5. “The destroyed panther […]
Greetings Panzerwreckers. This location update comes from Mario Lippert, one of the Panzers in Berlin team. A tip of the hat to Mario for staying focussed, even with the book published. It transpires that the unusual OT gepanzerter Mannschaftstransportwagen is on Eichborndamm. Check out the link to Google Street View: Street View Link Do you […]
Greetings Panzerwreckers. David Šolc has been in touch with a location update from Marek Sekanina for the Sd.Kfz.250 on page 90 of Panzerwrecks 12. Over to David: I have for you next little update for page 90 from Panzerwrecks 12. My colleague Marek Sekanina drew my attention to the website of the village Hrabová, where […]
I received a message from Javier Tome regarding the ‘parade’ of s.Pz.Jg.Abt.512 vehicles from the Schillerplatz in Iserlohn. Javier has identified that the US Signal Corps cameraman was in Mendener Strasse, facing number 87 on the corner. Thanks for sharing this Javier.
Stefano Di Giusto and I have been corresponding recently with regard to Pz.Kpfw.IIIs in Austria and photographed by Allied servicemen after the war. During the course of our discussions, Stefano found the location of the Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.N from Pz.Abt.212 shown on page 41 of Panzerwrecks 19. Click through to see the location in Google Street […]
Way back in August, I received an email from Jürgen Stähle regarding the two photos taken in Altenahr on pages 204 & 205 of Forgotten Archives 3. Over to Jürgen: “Congratulations to another well researched and documented Panzerwrecks product which I received last week. Living in the Bonn-Cologne area the River Ahr Valley and the […]
It all started in early 2015 when I was contacted via the Panzerwrecks Facebook page by an unknown artist named Felipe Rodna, offering to create colour profiles. Discussions ensued, but the late Bill Auerbach was reticent, so the idea of including his artwork was shelved. Fast-forward to late 2015, when I was laying out my […]
