Operation Infatuate II: Sherman tanks at Westkapelle

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Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke

While I was there, I also visited the Bevrijdingsmuseum itself, as I had only been there once a few years ago, and that was when the current buildings were still under construction. First of all, I would say it’s definitely worth a visit if you happen to be in the area and have an interest in military history and/or WWII equipment.

Second, Kees took me up to the offices and storeroom, as he had some photographs he thought might interest me. After a fair while looking for them in vain, it turned out they had already been sent to the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies for digitisation and to be entered into their collection (the originals will come back to the Bevrijdingsmuseum), so I didn’t get to see them yet. However, I did come across the following couple of pictures that I thought might be of interest here (quality is not great, as I took photos of them with my iPad and then had to push and pull them to straighten them out a bit).

Two wrecks of Weasels at (almost certainly) Westkapelle:

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Two Terrapins somewhere on Walcheren:

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LVTs on the Markt square in Middelburg, two of them carrying Weasels in the cargo bay:

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Nice finds Jakko.


First photo probably shows the same two Weasels as on this shot:

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Last photo is the same as BBZ 66478, but less cropped on the left side (and more on the right):
LVT4 1B 'STOAT', 1C 'SABLE' USA{89xx36} - Middelburg 6 Nov 44 - FO066478.jpg
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