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Another story to add to the artillery battles of Falaise in August, 1944 from David Bashow’s book “All the Fine Young Eagles”; pages 427-429....

Greetings all, I read this with great interest and the hope I could join this intrepid group next June. I have been on a Normandy "drive thro"...

Hi all, SINBAD from the French National Library responded with this IGN link to the region around Trun. I did locate the junction as identified...

I will look at Box 109; sortie 400/682. Regards, Ellen

Gentlemen, Great excuse to search the stacks in my favorite used book store. Any specific titles beyond the Speidel translation? Regards,...

Pat, Re confirmation of shed location: I re-submitted a request for assistance from SINBAD at the French National Library in Paris. Not sure...

Jpz4 (Hi Niels?), The author, David Fraser of "The Knights Cross" cited approximately 40 references but none were specifically attributed to...

Hi Pat, Not sure about "The Desert Fox" but "Knight's Cross: A Life of Field Marshall Rommel" by David Fraser (pg. 513) describes the July 17th...

Greetings Stephen and Allan, Trying to catch up on Whitebeam news after a long summer absence. Seeing George Keefer's name brings back many...

Gentlemen, British humor is without equal; save for that of the Irish. Can I assume access to German records has been unsuccessful or...

Fascinating work Pat, thank you! Is it safe to say there are two pins on the map for July 17th, 1944? Best regards, Ellen

Pat, Appreciation accepted; however it pales in comparison to your herculean effort bringing these stills "to light" on the Forum. Well done!...

Welcome Pierre, Always great to see a fellow Canadian on this forum! The Whitebeam folks are very generous with their expertise; you are well...

Hi Pat, I will reread with a bit more attention to detail and would be happy to post my thoughts. It may well be summer as a spring clinical...

Hi Pat and Allan, Just finished a fascinating book "Abundance of Valour" by Will Irwin, published in 2010. The author concentrates on three...

Hi Ian, Scanned pages were sent to Pat for translation and posting. Ellen

Hi Peter, IWM were digitizing film chronologically and our request necessitated a "jump ahead" to 1944. A reasonable request with rationale...

Greetings Peter and welcome! Re: Gun camera footage at IWM. The request for our fathers' gun camera footage was approved for expedited...

In Post #57 I alluded to a booklet compiled in 2014 by the Historical Society of Vimoutiers. There are several pages/pictures devoted to F.M....

Greetings Gentlemen, AHB (RAF) states " annexes and appendices were transferred from the MOD to the National Archives in the early 1970s and as...