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Location Category ID:
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6060
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Address: |
Musée Août 1944 / Bataille de la Poche de Falaise, Chemin des Roches, 14700 Falaise
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Telephone: |
00 33 (0)2 31 90 37 19
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Opening Times: |
1000-1200, 1400-1800, 31 March – 11 November
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Official Website: |
Musée Août 1944
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Other Links: |
Normandy44LaMemoire
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Latitude, Longitude: |
48.89278301
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-0.21199107
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Location Accuracy: |
10
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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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Museum Building
Location ID: | 6061 | Latitude, Longitude: | 48.89301579, -0.21247387 | Location Accuracy: | 10 |
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Unique ID: |
162
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This tank came to the Falaise Museum from the Saumur Collection (source: A.M.N. Schuit, L. Archer). The museum also has a separate Panzer IV turret on display, cut away to show its interior.
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Front Entrance Display Area
Location ID: | 6062 | Latitude, Longitude: | 48.89270542, -0.21181405 | Location Accuracy: | 10 |
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Unique ID: |
791
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“238712” painted on hull sides.
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White triangle markings painted on turret sides. Some numbers are stamped into the transmission housing but they are difficult to decipher; a rubbing indicates “ABS No 880” or similar, implying a post-War French rebuild.
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This Sherman is displayed with its turret facing to the rear.
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Unique ID: |
792
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Serial Number: |
“77” stamped into rear plate.
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“CS217244” painted on superstructure sides.
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Reserve Collection
Location ID: | 6063 | Latitude, Longitude: | 48.89305106, -0.2129513 | Location Accuracy: | 8 |
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Unique ID: |
39
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This Panther was transferred from Saumur (q.v.) to M. Leloup’s collection (source: R. Fleming). It was previously stored on waste ground at Saumur in very poor condition, little more than a hulk. It remains disassembled, and a mantlet for it can be seen on the ground in front of it.
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Unique ID: |
798
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This M8 is in a poor and rusty condition. It is missing its howitzer and other components, and its tracks appear to be on the ground in front of it.
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Unique ID: |
793
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This M4A4 is missing its turret.
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Unique ID: |
794
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This M4A4 is missing its turret.
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Unique ID: |
795
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Number “85” and markings “MU-EA No.85” daubed on glacis and right hull side respectively.
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This Sherman is little more than a hulk; it is missing its turret, transmission housing, tracks, parts of its suspension, and most internal components. It is likely being cannibalised to provide spares to restore other Shermans. It appears to have the remains of a Flak 88 sitting on top of it.
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Unique ID: |
799
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This M4A1 is in a poor and rusty condition, but appears largely complete. Its gun barrel has been cut short, which indicates it may have been acquired from a scrap yard or military surplus sale.
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Unique ID: |
796
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This M10 is now stored outside but was previously seen inside (where the Panther is now).
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797
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“GENERAL ?” is painted on the left hull side.
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This M32 is now stored outside but was previously seen inside (where the Panther is now).
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