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Panther G at Celles

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:24 pm
by jan
We did today a battlefield tour around the area at Celles (Belgium). Starting point was the Panther G at the crossroads. It was the leading Panther of Kampfgruppe von Cochenhausen (second Heer Panzer Division) that after detonating a mine, on 24 december 1944, was left immobilised in a field for some time after the war. During that period all the road wheels,tracks and hatches where remouved.
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Then it was moved to the crossroads and put in front of a cafe as monument.
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How it looks now in 2009.
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Going towards the small village of Foy-Notre-Dame, where just three miles short of the river meuse the German attack came to an halt.
Oberleutnant Siebert's Puma was one of the vehicles left behind in the village.
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Same spot in 2009,
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At the Mahenne farm just outsite Foy, three Panthers took up a position dominating the junction of all the roads there, these where destroyed in allied air attacks and later shot up by British tanks.
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These type of boards are standing at several points around Celles telling the story what happend there, this one is at the farm.
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A field north of the crossroads where all the captured or abandoned equipment from the Kampfgruppe was assembled.
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Now an empty field.
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And to close this story from one of the boards,
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Jan

Re: Panther G at Celles

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 11:33 pm
by TIGER RIDER
great pics there..very interesting..
thanks.

Re: Panther G at Celles

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:05 am
by Peiper
Very good thread :wink:
I might pay that "Old Iron-War Horse" a visit one day (lol-lol)
Peiper.

Re: Panther G at Celles

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 12:48 pm
by Tychsen
Thankyou , the present day contrast photos really help put the tank into context.

Re: Panther G at Celles

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 1:08 pm
by Heeresbergführer
Grüß Di' Kameraden,

Looks like you guys had a great battlefield tour on your Truppenfahrrads!!! You have some good looking bicycles there...any more photos of them?

Horrido!
Patrick

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Re: Panther G at Celles

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:37 pm
by jan
Hello Patrick, here are some more photos of Truppenfahrräder to see, ideal for this kind of battlefield tours.

http://www.project1944.be/Projecten/Pro ... cten2.html

Jan

Re: Panther G at Celles

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:53 pm
by dog green 1
Really interesting topic. Always love to see anything with then and now pics. Thanks for posting it up.

Re: Panther G at Celles

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:51 am
by Obergefreiter Hansch
Well done lads, great thread