Storm and Assault Boats

[Johan WILLAERT]

Hi all,

Just found this thread while searching the net for these boats. For a display in a local museum, I'm looking for two British Folding Assault Boats of WW2 vintage or look.

Anyway, either WW2 vintage, postwar manufacture or replica is OK, as long as they have the correct WW2 look.

All offers will be considered...

Also is the book shown above available somewhere....

Thanks,

Johan

[servicepub (RIP)]

Johan
The book is avaiable on-line here

[Johan WILLAERT]

Thanks Clive,

Any news on the Motorcycle Book?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

The CWM is highlighting Operation Berlin, see this link

Operation Market Garden and the Royal Canadian Engineers
Discover Second World War materials related to the Royal Canadian Engineer (RCE) units involved in the evacuation of some 2,500 Allied airborne soldiers at the end of Operation Market Garden. On 25 September 1944, the 20th and 23rd Field Companies, RCE, along with the 260th and 553rd Field Companies of the Royal Engineers, and with the support of the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade, launched Operation Berlin. This daring nighttime effort evacuated Allied airborne forces across the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River) at Arnhem, Netherlands, under heavy German fire.
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There are no known photographs of the Operation Berlin evacuation of Allied airborne forces across the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River) on the night of 25-26 September 1944. These images from late November show the 23rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers using storm boats with outboard motors to transport soldiers of the United States Army’s 101st Airborne Division across the Waal River near Nijmegen, Netherlands. The Americans were being relieved after holding their positions for more than 70 days.
Through the Canadian War Museum’s digitization program, you can now discover more materials related to Operation Berlin in our collections: https://bit.ly/3XW7nfZ

Evacuation of American soldiers from Nijmegen
CWM 20000026-008-2, 20000026-008-1, 20000026-008-3
George Metcalf Archival Collection
Canadian War Museum

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

British / Allied Personnel having their first drink in Nijmegen after their evacuation from the German encirclement in Arnhem - September 1944

Captain Jan Linzel (second from left) is a member of the Royal Netherlands Navy attached to No 10 Commando.

During the night of September 25-26 1944, “Operation Berlin” took place with the intention of evacuating the survivors of the British 1st Airborne Division trapped in the Arnhem area which were surrounded on three sides by superior German forces.

The operation evacuated around 2,400 Personnel, thus ending Operation Market Garden.

IWM HU 5417

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[sapper740]

Originally Posted by Johan WILLAERT

Hi all,

Just found this thread while searching the net for these boats. For a display in a local museum, I'm looking for two British Folding Assault Boats of WW2 vintage or look.

Anyway, either WW2 vintage, postwar manufacture or replica is OK, as long as they have the correct WW2 look.

All offers will be considered...

Also is the book shown above available somewhere....

Thanks,

Johan

Johan, I highly recommend that you read the book, "Engineer Assault Boats in Canadian service" by John Sliz and published by MLU's own servicepub. I'm not an expert, but the storm boat in the Minnetonka picture is definitley not the folding canvas Assault Boat used by the RE's during OP Berlin. Further, the Storm Boat used by Canadian Engineers looks a lot different from the US Storm Boat, so depending upon who you are trying to portray, you might want a look at this book.

Chimo! Derek.

[Johan WILLAERT]

Thanks for the replies, but meanwhile we have obtained boats that are now on display in the 'For Freedom Museum' in Knokke....



More pictures from the museum:
http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=11266