Ede, Holland 1945

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Attached is a picture from WW2talk, courtesy of James Nightingale jnr.

"Bill Wyatts tank brewing up at Arnhem"

source: http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads...y.13221/page-2

Judging from the bracket on the turret side this looks a lot like the same Crab as in Jon's picture. It's 1st Lothian and Border Yeomanry.

Alex, what can I say but

I only have a 1944 1LBY War Diary so will continue the search for info on operations in the Arnhem area in 1945.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Alex, what can I say but

A quick check of the 1LBY War Diary did not yield any reference to these operations in the Arnhem area - will continue the search.

There are, I think, about 5 pics of Crabs in Velp in the archive, but no idea if they were there for a flailing operation or not.

Alex

[Alex van de Wetering]

Canadian Army Newsreel, No. 69 (1945) Shows the RCEME in action and marking a Sherman V as a write-off.


https://youtu.be/suWnMBJBLFU?t=207