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Musée Août 1944, Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

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Location Category ID: 6060
Added to Database: May 2008
Last Edited: 23 May 2009
Address: Musée Août 1944 / Bataille de la Poche de Falaise, Chemin des Roches, 14700 Falaise
Telephone: 00 33 (0)2 31 90 37 19
Email:
Opening Times: 1000-1200, 1400-1800, 31 March – 11 November
Official Website: Musée Août 1944
Other Links: Normandy44LaMemoire
Latitude, Longitude: 48.89278301 , -0.21199107
Location Accuracy: 10
Tanks Previously Here: 1: Panzerspähwagen Luchs (Ausf L) Tank - The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Not the museum but the general Falaise area)
2: Wespe Self-Propelled Howitzer - Musée Memorial, Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France (Not the museum but the Falaise Pocket)
3: Panzerkampfwagen III Tank - Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Not the museum but the Normandie area)
4: Sturmhaubitze 42 Assault Gun - U.S. Army Artillery Museum, Fort Sill, Lawton, Oklahoma, USA (Not the museum but the Normandie area - the most likely location for capture)



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August 2007

Museum building
1: Museum building

Taken: 21 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Location Photo ID: 4
Added: 23 May 2009
Views: 275
Has Priority: 0
    

 

Internal display (items retrieved since the war)
2: Internal display (items retrieved since the war)

Taken: 21 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Location Photo ID: 5
Added: 23 May 2009
Views: 327
Has Priority: 0
    

 

Borgward IV demolition vehicle
3: Borgward IV demolition vehicle

Taken: 21 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Location Photo ID: 6
Added: 23 May 2009
Views: 295
Has Priority: 0
    



Internal displays
4: Internal displays

Taken: 21 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Location Photo ID: 7
Added: 23 May 2009
Views: 301
Has Priority: 0
    



External storage area
5: External storage area

Taken: 21 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Location Photo ID: 8
Added: 23 May 2009
Views: 543
Has Priority: 0
    



External storage area
6: External storage area

Taken: 21 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Location Photo ID: 9
Added: 23 May 2009
Views: 282
Has Priority: 0
    



Date Unknown

Museum building
7: Museum building

Taken: Date Unknown
Contributor: AMN Schuit
Location Photo ID: 113
Added: 13 August 2009
Views: 306
Has Priority: 0