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Post by mfz2ndranger on Feb 23, 2010 12:35:07 GMT -5
If anyone could find me an original photo with a couple of GIs in a captured German bike & sidecar that would be really helpful. I know I've seen photos of some Brits in a bike with the Union Jack draped over the sidecar but I can't seem to find any photos of GIs. I have heard veterans say that they have seen GIs in captured bikes and other vehicles and try to get them into the convoy but officers became much more strict with the use of them.
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Post by Arditi on Feb 23, 2010 15:15:15 GMT -5
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Post by redjoshman on Feb 23, 2010 16:19:12 GMT -5
I have pictures somewhere of elements of 505th PIR HQ around Ste. Mere Eglise with one. I know a copy of the photo is in the book:
Sainte-Mere-Eglise: Photographs of D-Day by Michel De Trez
-Josh
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Post by UPNATM on Feb 23, 2010 20:46:27 GMT -5
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Post by Arditi on Feb 23, 2010 21:09:06 GMT -5
Great pic, if your not a German. Looks like BMW or Zundap , I don't know the Jerry bikes that well. |
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Post by mfz2ndranger on Feb 28, 2010 20:00:30 GMT -5
Wow, that's a really cool photo. I love photos that show improvisation and stuff like this. |
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Post by bmwr12 on Feb 28, 2010 22:32:56 GMT -5
That would be a Zundapp KS750 |
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Post by bmwr12 on Feb 28, 2010 22:34:13 GMT -5
That is not a BMW motorcycle. |
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Post by ww2dave on Mar 1, 2010 11:50:53 GMT -5
I was leafing thru a US Army Official History book one day on the 9th Army and there were a few photos in there of US convouys with german Vehicles intermixed -- they had big white stars painted on them. There were Halftracks, motorcycles, trucks and Kubels from what I re-call. The 743rd Tank battalion (of the 30th Division) had a Tiger 1 they played with for a while. I have yet to find a photo of it, but have had a number of 743rd vets relate the story to me over the years. As with anything captured that is re-used... you always take the chance of coming under friendly fire. Dave  |
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