Hi
I have spent the last week or so, on and off, trying to identify the unit represented in these two photos.
With the help of Larry I am almost sure that this unit is the 5th Motorized Infantry Platoon, belonging to the 15th Infantry Division?
I am not a hundred percent on this as the motorcycle has the Panzergruppe 1 / Panzergruppe Kleist K.
I have not been able to find a reference to the 15th I.D being part of this Panzergruppe. I am also assuming the 5 is the platoon number and the motorcycles indicate that it is a recon platoon. Did the 15th have a motorized section as "heavy" as this?
Am I in the ball park or way out in the parking lot?
Also from the road sign would someone with a better knowledge of the French countryside be able to suggest a few towns that this picture could have been taken in.
Cheers
Karl
I have spent the last week or so, on and off, trying to identify the unit represented in these two photos.
With the help of Larry I am almost sure that this unit is the 5th Motorized Infantry Platoon, belonging to the 15th Infantry Division?
I am not a hundred percent on this as the motorcycle has the Panzergruppe 1 / Panzergruppe Kleist K.
I have not been able to find a reference to the 15th I.D being part of this Panzergruppe. I am also assuming the 5 is the platoon number and the motorcycles indicate that it is a recon platoon. Did the 15th have a motorized section as "heavy" as this?
Am I in the ball park or way out in the parking lot?
Also from the road sign would someone with a better knowledge of the French countryside be able to suggest a few towns that this picture could have been taken in.
Cheers
Karl
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