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Old 18-10-21, 14:54
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… and it’s back!

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Old 18-10-21, 19:43
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Excellent Jakko! Great to see this project finished in good time.

See https://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/...-weer-compleet for some more pics and videos.

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The freshly restored Sherman T-148656 back in situ at the WW2 memorial on the Westkapelle dyke. The grey sky backdrop makes for a fantastic photo.

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Photo by Jan de Jonge - see https://www.facebook.com/10000867471...243584973/?d=n) and https://jandejongefotografie.nl/de-weke-op-wasschappel/
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I just keep thinking: “I wish I had a WRENCH, adjusting, idler,” though …
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Old 08-11-21, 21:11
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Very worthwhile to watch:

“Operation Infatuate: the Landings at Walcheren with Stephen Fisher”

https://youtu.be/cE7j8hhZBP0

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Old 09-11-21, 10:53
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It’s an hour and a half, though … not going to watch that right now, but thanks for the tip. I do hope it’s better than this one, though.
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The freshly restored Sherman T-148656 back in situ at the WW2 memorial on the Westkapelle dyke. The grey sky backdrop makes for a fantastic photo.
Yesterday Storm Eunice raged over The Netherlands. I saw some footage of the Sherman on the dyke: it's feet got wet as water flooded over the crown of the dyke! That's what a combination of high tide and storm does - must have been some tense moments in the village of Westkapelle.

Attached picture shows the dyke looking in the other directiom, away from the Sherman:

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Old 19-02-22, 16:47
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Found this photo of the transmission data plate, I think Jakko posted it somewhere:

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Old 19-02-22, 19:29
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I did, and it also appears in my book The original one in the possession of the Polderhuis museum, mounted in a picture frame (that’s why it has thumb tacks in it), so I just put it on the scanner there at one point.
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Old 19-02-22, 21:06
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Thanks for that Jakko. Good to see this small artefact was saved sometime before the interior was ravaged by the weather.

Did you decipher the hull serial number in the end?
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