XXX CORPS Breakout 17/18 September 1944 - Page 2

handtohand22 · 14-06-2008, 03:15 PM

Try this link to some photos for 6th LAA Battery and my father's involvement (Gunner Gamble). They were part of the spearhead with the Guards Division trying to break through to the Arnhem bridge. They used SP Bofors, the 40mm Bofor mounted on a Morris chassis.
They didn't make it because of the muddy conditions and the restriction to one road, easily defended by the Germans.

http://coleraine-battery.tripod.com/page190841.htm

dbf · 14-06-2008, 03:38 PM

Nice photos FJ,
Thanks for them, puts a place to the names for me.

dbf

dbf · 14-06-2008, 03:39 PM

Hand to Hand,
Glad I have the chance to say this, great site, enjoyed reading it a few months back.

dbf [daughter of an ex-Mick]

FALLSCHIRMJÄGER · 21-06-2008, 09:58 AM

Here some photographs of the IG tanks ambushed... War Diary does mention they lost 9 tanks...

According Market-Garden Then and Now the last 3 tanks of the leading No. 3 Squadron and the first 6 tanks of No.1 Squadron following behind were knocked out

Counting the tanks on the photo I can not indentify all 9...

Other photographs of the same or 'missing' tanks are most welcome

Rearmost brewed up Sherman, This tank was commanded by Lance-Sergeant Dave Roper (No.1 Troop), Guardsman Bill Moore (Wireless op) Guardsman A Saunders (gunner) Guardsman O'Riley (driver), G Dowd (co-driver). Bill Moore was killed.

According MG Then and Now the tank driving infront this one was of Lance-Sergeant W Smith, who escaped from his tank, jumping in the ditch beside the road, only to find himself attacked by a German soldier. He killed him with two shots, but not before getting five bullets in the leg himself....

There seems to be no close-up photographs taken/known of the other 5 tanks of No.1 Squadron that were knocked out.

The following photographs are from the 3 tanks of No.3 Squadron...

This photo was taken the following day while a Firefly passed by the point of the ambush.
The leading tank (with its tower pointing backwards)
All 3 tank commanders L/Sergeant Wildman, L/Sergenat Cashon and Squadron Sergeant-Major Parkes were all killed.

A sad photo... the body of SM Parkes hanging in the turret of his tank...

The front tank is that of SM Parkes now from another angle.. The tank behind his , also ditched, is that of Lieutenant Barry Quinan, while Lieutenant Duncan Lampard's tank can be seen on the other side of the road.. The tanks were pushed aside...

This photo was taken some time later showing Lieutenant Quinan's tank pushed further off the road

The back view of Lieutenant Lampard's tank (Lt Quinan's tank in the ditch on the left)

Gotthard Heinrici · 21-06-2008, 10:37 AM

Lads, this is turning into an excellent resource. H2H, FJ and DBF keep it up!!

dbf · 21-06-2008, 12:48 PM

FJ,
I'm sure you know about this link already, but just for record:

Operation Market-Garden - Wikimedia Commons

Photos and maps for MG, including some of Shermans dated 17 September '44.

dbf

dbf · 23-06-2008, 11:35 AM

FJ
No date but thought you might like to see this - if you haven't already - taken from JOE Vandeleur's book A Soldier's Story

d

von Poop · 23-06-2008, 11:55 AM

Excellent, if grim, stuff chaps.

Cheers,
Adam.

dbf · 23-06-2008, 01:17 PM

From A Soldier's Story, JOE Vandeleur

dbf · 25-06-2008, 10:56 AM

FJ - don't know about this one ...

From The Island, Tim Saunders

14-06-2008, 03:15 PM	#11 (permalink)
handtohand22 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Coleraine Co. Londonderry NI Posts: 298	Try this link to some photos for 6th LAA Battery and my father's involvement (Gunner Gamble). They were part of the spearhead with the Guards Division trying to break through to the Arnhem bridge. They used SP Bofors, the 40mm Bofor mounted on a Morris chassis. They didn't make it because of the muddy conditions and the restriction to one road, easily defended by the Germans. http://coleraine-battery.tripod.com/page190841.htm Last edited by handtohand22; 14-06-2008 at 08:02 PM. Reason: Addition

21-06-2008, 09:58 AM	#14 (permalink)
FALLSCHIRMJÄGER Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 46	Here some photographs of the IG tanks ambushed... War Diary does mention they lost 9 tanks... According Market-Garden Then and Now the last 3 tanks of the leading No. 3 Squadron and the first 6 tanks of No.1 Squadron following behind were knocked out Counting the tanks on the photo I can not indentify all 9... Other photographs of the same or 'missing' tanks are most welcome Rearmost brewed up Sherman, This tank was commanded by Lance-Sergeant Dave Roper (No.1 Troop), Guardsman Bill Moore (Wireless op) Guardsman A Saunders (gunner) Guardsman O'Riley (driver), G Dowd (co-driver). Bill Moore was killed. According MG Then and Now the tank driving infront this one was of Lance-Sergeant W Smith, who escaped from his tank, jumping in the ditch beside the road, only to find himself attacked by a German soldier. He killed him with two shots, but not before getting five bullets in the leg himself.... There seems to be no close-up photographs taken/known of the other 5 tanks of No.1 Squadron that were knocked out. The following photographs are from the 3 tanks of No.3 Squadron... This photo was taken the following day while a Firefly passed by the point of the ambush. The leading tank (with its tower pointing backwards) All 3 tank commanders L/Sergeant Wildman, L/Sergenat Cashon and Squadron Sergeant-Major Parkes were all killed. A sad photo... the body of SM Parkes hanging in the turret of his tank... The front tank is that of SM Parkes now from another angle.. The tank behind his , also ditched, is that of Lieutenant Barry Quinan, while Lieutenant Duncan Lampard's tank can be seen on the other side of the road.. The tanks were pushed aside... This photo was taken some time later showing Lieutenant Quinan's tank pushed further off the road The back view of Lieutenant Lampard's tank (Lt Quinan's tank in the ditch on the left) Last edited by FALLSCHIRMJÄGER; 21-06-2008 at 03:14 PM.

21-06-2008, 10:37 AM	#15 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,503	Lads, this is turning into an excellent resource. H2H, FJ and DBF keep it up!! __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

23-06-2008, 11:55 AM	#18 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 7,696	Excellent, if grim, stuff chaps. Cheers, Adam. __________________ It's only the Internet.

23-06-2008, 01:17 PM	#19 (permalink)
dbf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 678	From A Soldier's Story, JOE Vandeleur Last edited by dbf; 25-06-2008 at 11:58 AM. Reason: source

14-06-2008, 03:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
dbf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 678	Nice photos FJ, Thanks for them, puts a place to the names for me. dbf

14-06-2008, 03:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
dbf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 678	Hand to Hand, Glad I have the chance to say this, great site, enjoyed reading it a few months back. dbf [daughter of an ex-Mick]

21-06-2008, 12:48 PM	#16 (permalink)
dbf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 678	FJ, I'm sure you know about this link already, but just for record: Operation Market-Garden - Wikimedia Commons Photos and maps for MG, including some of Shermans dated 17 September '44. dbf

23-06-2008, 11:35 AM	#17 (permalink)
dbf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 678	FJ No date but thought you might like to see this - if you haven't already - taken from JOE Vandeleur's book A Soldier's Story d

25-06-2008, 10:56 AM	#20 (permalink)
dbf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down, Northern Ireland Posts: 678	FJ - don't know about this one ... From The Island, Tim Saunders Last edited by dbf; 25-06-2008 at 12:00 PM. Reason: source

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