iron bender Posted September 30, 2021 Share #1 Posted September 30, 2021 Post says this is a IV crew Normandy 44. I can post the whole pic if wanted. Anyhow, interesting mod of an FJ jump smock into an armor crewman jacket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 16, 2021 Share #2 Posted October 16, 2021 Great photo, would love to see whole photo, so please do post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted October 16, 2021 Share #3 Posted October 16, 2021 He is also wearing a neat "crusher" style peaked cap with cloth insignia. The other officer seen over his left shoulder is wearing his M-43 black Panzer Offizier cap with alum piping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 17, 2021 Share #4 Posted October 17, 2021 Panzer Lehr, 2nd Panzer Division, 116th Panzer Division, these Panzer Divisions operated near all those Parachute Divisions, the 3rd, 5th and 6th Parachute Divisions against the Americans on the Western side on Normandy, so maybe he got the smock from them??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 28, 2021 Share #5 Posted October 28, 2021 Wo Ist Das Voll Foto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 6, 2023 Share #6 Posted April 6, 2023 Another example in Normandy, unit and date unknown, in this case the Camouflage Luftwaffe Smock as worn by other Ground personnel, Feld Divisions, Flak units etc, here the Army Officer hasn't removed the Luftwaffe Eagle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake36bravo Posted April 30, 2023 Share #7 Posted April 30, 2023 On 10/27/2021 at 8:30 PM, patches said: Wo Ist Das Voll Foto? On 10/15/2021 at 8:29 PM, patches said: Great photo, would love to see whole photo, so please do post it. What you cannot see here in this image is that the smock is cut down. There is 1 other photo of him, possibly two showing this modification. I will see if I can find it in my files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake36bravo Posted April 30, 2023 Share #8 Posted April 30, 2023 Here they are. The series was taken by Kriegsberichter Karl Müller. The Panzer IV Ausf. H and its crew were of the 22nd Pz. Regt., 21st Pz. Division resting outside 50, Boulevard des Belges, Rouen, France, late in the afternoon of the (*25th of August 1944.) This area was were many German units escaping the collapse of the Normandy Front were caughting crossing the Siene River. This crew is said to have successfully made it across before the Allies bombed the area packed with units attempting to successfully cross the river as they waited their turn. Colorised however part of the 3 that appear from this roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 1, 2023 Share #9 Posted May 1, 2023 Fantastic follow up snake36bravo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preppy Picker Posted May 1, 2023 Share #10 Posted May 1, 2023 21 hours ago, snake36bravo said: Here they are. The series was taken by Kriegsberichter Karl Müller. The Panzer IV Ausf. H and its crew were of the 22nd Pz. Regt., 21st Pz. Division resting outside 50, Boulevard des Belges, Rouen, France, late in the afternoon of the (*25th of August 1944.) This area was were many German units escaping the collapse of the Normandy Front were caughting crossing the Siene River. This crew is said to have successfully made it across before the Allies bombed the area packed with units attempting to successfully cross the river as they waited their turn. Colorised however part of the 3 that appear from this roll. I like the grenade just sitting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skysoldier80 Posted May 2, 2023 Share #11 Posted May 2, 2023 This is a great example of how u can’t dismiss something that is not textbook. Imagine if someone came I. With this in their hand. It would be laughed out if the room. Soldiers past and present always make mods to their uniforms that is not standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 22, 2023 Share #12 Posted May 22, 2023 Colonel Andreas Maria Karl von Aulock Commandant of Fortress St Malo, he's wearing a Parachute Smock one too, and with the Air Force Eagle still on it, Von Aulock with GIs of the U.S. 83rd Infantry Division after he very reluctantly surrendered the City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 23 Share #13 Posted February 23 A Staff officer LXXXIV Army Corps under General Otto Elfeldt in the sack in Normandy August 44 wears an Luftwaffe Ground troops Camo smock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 26 Share #14 Posted February 26 On 2/23/2024 at 12:11 AM, patches said: A Staff officer LXXXIV Army Corps under General Otto Elfeldt in the sack in Normandy August 44 wears an Luftwaffe Ground troops Camo smock. Full photo, General Elfeldt there sitting in a Jeep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 11 Share #15 Posted March 11 I think this is the same Heer Officer as in post #6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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