Greetings Panzerwreckers. Ronald Stassen from Relive History 44-45 recently emailed me a correction regarding the Pz.Kpfw.IV on P56 & 57 of Panzerwrecks 16. Ronald says the photos were taken in Foy, not Recogne, as we wrote. I ran his comment past the guru of Bulge-related things, Timm Haasler, who confirmed this and said, “… that […]
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 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. Ronny August touched base back in November (apologies for the delay Ronny) with a location for the Pz.Kpfw.IV on page 43 of Panzerwrecks 21. Over to Ronny: It was not recorded near Herrlisheim, but in Baerendorf/Grand Est, about 80 km away. As a comparison, here are the Google Streetview coordinates: Street View Link […]
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 […]
Greetings Panzerwreckers, Karlheinz Münch and I have been in correspondence about many and varied things of late. After receiving his copy of Panzerwrecks 23: Italy 3, he updated me as to the colour of the Sturmgeschütz Brigade 242 insignias. Over to Karlheinz (translated from the German original): The colour of the 3rd battery of all […]
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 […]
Greetings Panzerwreckers With the year about to end, an email from Uli Mössner with a correct to location for the StuG on P21, PW21. Over to Uli: The Sturmgeschütz IV (218) on page 21, Panzerwrecks 21 location is Schorndorf, Baden-Württemberg and not Schorndorf am Ammersee (Bavaria)(in Germany), about 30 km east of Stuttgart. There are […]
