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20-02-15, 16:08
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I have seen phots of Buchenwald after the liberation with Canadian Army wasps in action.
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20-02-15, 17:06
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about 24 years ago I took my Tilly into a tyre shop to get the front wheels balanced. There was an old guy there who was some sort of part time janitor who got all excited because my Tilly was baring the markings of his old unit "5th Dorsets 43rd Wessex Div".
He told me that he was part of a flame thrower carrier crew, and that there were no heroics with his job as they stayed well behind the fighting front lines and had the most unenviable job of cremating dead Germans. They piled the body's up and doused them with the liquid before incinerating them with a flame. They also set light to houses through a door or window if they suspected any live Germans to be inside. Not nice I know. But all part of war I'm afraid. Ron
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20-02-15, 18:41
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Kinda ironic Hitler claiming flamethrowers as being unfair...
Considering the fact that the Germans used portable units to great advantage in he trenches of WW1 and extensively against the Soviets in WW2...
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21-02-15, 12:32
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I understand that a big downside of the Churchill Croc was the lack of speed, making them easy targets for the Germans, who weren't at all forgiving to Crocodile crews.
It seems the Wasp is very different....the speed is astounding! I contacted the Delft army museum for a forum member a few months ago for a possible viewing of the Wasp. But that was in the middle of the big move to Soesterberg, so the answer was a no (can't blame them!). There was no info where the carrier is now and if it's part of the new display in Soesterberg. Alex
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17-07-23, 21:46
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Some links to photos showing Dutch troops of the Prinses Irene Brigade demonstrating a Wasp flame thrower in 1945:
http://hdl.handle.net/10648/bcda08a4...4-d46da22c7e9b http://hdl.handle.net/10648/3999da7f...1-c173c39f8aea http://hdl.handle.net/10648/44ef96d3...5-722b5f1b93c1 http://hdl.handle.net/10648/34b26781...a-c8675370d898 http://hdl.handle.net/10648/28c882eb...0-36e8e7fc22ae (can't download, will do screengrabs later)
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