and a photo to close this "Sterbebild", right here, around Tavullia .... the pioner-fallsch. Oberfeldwebel Georg Schmitz, 3rd Fall.Reg. with the Sherman Comando (see the wodden gun) hit with his panzerfaust... near the captured radio-gunner of the Canadian sherman....
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hello,
you congratulations you made a great work!
I have something of OFW Trageser.
Unfortunately that's all I have of his decliningComment
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an amazing addition ... especially the pictures! ... many many thanks ...Originally posted by Uncle Kurt View Post
OrianoComment
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and we go back near the bridge of Tiberius .... Heidrich and his men of the 1st Falls. Div, the 23 September 1944, they were mentioned in the agenda of the OKW for "having rejected 27 assaults in the last 36 hours" ........Comment
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and the next day, Franz Tasch falls on 24th of September , against the New Zealanders in Igea Marina, 3-4 km north of the Tiberius bridge...........Comment
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again the map at the beginning of Tiberius' Bridge ... I indicated with the red circle the point of the pantherturm of the Celle di Rimini where He was fallen September 1944 the fallschmirjager of the first death card posted ...
exactly here there was an interesting finding...Comment
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at the end of January 2000, during the excavation is found (and recovered) a StuG ...
enclose the file with the photos of the discovery...
http://www.ferreamole.it/contributi/...m42_rimini.htmComment
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it is a Ansaldo M42 75-18 of the Pz. Jag. Abt. 236 (162 Turk. Div)... certainly it was buried by the Allies in a hole and covered immediately to restore the road ...Comment
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it was restored (only externally)Comment
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and today it is visible to the Aviation Museum (on the highway to San Marino)
http://www.museoaviazione.com/Comment
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Amazing reasearch!
Thank you!
ErichComment
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More great work Oriano!! I especially like the Panthertturm photos. I never knew their use was so widespread.Willi
Preußens Gloria!
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Originally posted by Willi Z. View Post
thanks for your interest Willi!
many of the Pantherturm arrived and installed in Italy (between 40 and 50) were captured without a fight ... except those between Pesaro and Rimini on the fortification on the Gothic Line (about fifteen), and most of these were located in the area of 1 Falls. Div. (and served by anti-tank of the Fallschmirjager), who gave a hard time to the allied tanks...
still anothe photo of "fallschmirjager" Pantherturn in Fano, South of Pesaro, august 1944... ....Last edited by mufasa; 09-29-2014, 12:16 PM.Comment
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another two photos of the first days of september 1944........ the first is near Tavullia always in teh 1st Falls. Div. , another view of the two above posted... teh second with the General Alexander, Leese and Harding) it's more internal, near MontecchioComment
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