Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14801 Posted June 12, 2019 Skies were filled with all kinds of aircraft all week.. The French Air Force display team (Patrouille de France) made a couple of appearances... picture below was taken as they passed low over Bayeux's main street on Sunday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14802 Posted June 12, 2019 Some of the vehicles were not fully restored... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14803 Posted June 12, 2019 Other view... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14804 Posted June 12, 2019 Marine 1, Ospreys and Black Hawks were hovering overhead as we rode over 20 miles along the coastline... Omaha Beach, 6th June... POTUS held a speech on the American cemetery while these were circling the skies.... Ospreys and Marine 1 versions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14805 Posted June 12, 2019 Ken's friend Douglas brought his immaculately restored early WILLYS MB 'slatgrill' Jeep... Belgian Jeep dealer Jaap gaves it the thumbs up... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14806 Posted June 12, 2019 Among the many armored vehicles this M7 'Priest' 105mm with M10 Armored Trailer stood out... It later took part in the Isigny Liberation Parade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14807 Posted June 12, 2019 Another biggie... and icon of the Normandy landings GMC DUKW Amphibious Truck... aka the Duck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14808 Posted June 12, 2019 Another biggie... and icon of the Normandy landings From big to small... An M3A4 Hand Cart on display in the newly opened extension of the Dead Man's Corner museum... An absolute MUST-SEE!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14809 Posted June 12, 2019 29th Let's Go!! 29th Division Monument at the Omaha Beach Vierville Draw on June 6th, 2019... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14810 Posted June 12, 2019 A Belgian collector driving on the beach at Arromanches was caught in the tide and didn't get out in time.... The vehicle was just about fully submerged in the water and was only recovered from the surf during the next low tide... Engine ran again the next day, but one cannot imagine the damage the salt water will have done to all components... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14813 Posted June 12, 2019 From big to small... An M3A4 Hand Cart on display in the newly opened extension of the Dead Man's Corner museum... An absolute MUST-SEE!!!!! And a very nice Harley-Davidson 42WLA set up in the new displays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14814 Posted June 12, 2019 The newly opened extension of the Dead Man's Corner museum... An absolute MUST-SEE!!!!! A fullsize replica of the Ingouf Cafe in Carentan, well known from many period photos showing 101st AB troopers resting against the walls.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14815 Posted June 12, 2019 Three 'Screaming Eagles' sporting German trophies are having their photo taken in front of the cafe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14816 Posted June 12, 2019 More displays, including a tribute to the US Navy on Utah Beach.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14817 Posted June 12, 2019 Less is more... Two Dutch friends in a perfectly restored late 1942 Ford GPW Jeep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14818 Posted June 12, 2019 Despite the rain, thousands of people attended the huge fireworks displays held all over the Normandy coast on Sunday 9th June... We watched the one in Ste Mere Eglises's main square... Always impressive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14819 Posted June 12, 2019 A fullsize replica of the Ingouf Cafe in Carentan, well known from many period photos showing 101st AB troopers resting against the walls.... A better view of the two mannequins representing British Commandoes from 30th Assault Unit (30 Commando) which landed on Utah Beach on D+4... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14820 Posted June 12, 2019 This year's Normandy anniversary also saw a gathering of German vehicles... German MC, Kubel and Schwimmwagens galore.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14821 Posted June 12, 2019 A typical Normandy house with wall attached boot scraper in Bayeux.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14822 Posted June 12, 2019 Detail of the boot scraper.... German tank track link... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14823 Posted June 12, 2019 On Saturday there was a vehicle static show around the dock of Grandcamp-Maisy where around 350 vehicles big and small gathered for the liberation parade towards Isigny some 10 miles away... Column including around 10 Sherman tanks arrived in Isigny at nightfall... Below one of the Tanks and an M26 Pacific Dragon Wagon filling the streets... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14824 Posted June 12, 2019 A tribute to the Logistics part of the invasion... Autocar truck with trailer that would have been a common sight on the 'Red Ball Express' roads of Normandy after the invasion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14825 Posted June 12, 2019 Our FWD HQ in Normandy... Guess you couldn't miss it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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