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UNIQUE ID 786: M47 PATTON TANK

(Model: Standard Production Version)

Pourville Museum, Pourville-sur-Mer, France

(Location: Pourville Museum)


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Unique ID: 786
Added to Database: April 2009
Last Edited: April 2009
Type (ID): M47 Patton (1640)
Model (ID): Standard Production Version (1642)
Location Category (ID): Pourville Museum (6123)
Location (ID): Pourville Museum (6123)
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Registration: “258-0150” painted on nose.
Name: “LT. LOUSTALOT”.
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Location History:
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1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Primary manufacturer June 1951-November 1953)
2: Pourville Museum, Pourville-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Current location)


This M47 is named in commemoration of Lieutenant Edwin V. Loustalot of the US Rangers who died at Berneval-sur-Mer on 19 August 1942. He was the first American soldier to die on French soil during the Second World War. The M47 is in running order. It is on loan from the French Army and remains its property.

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August 1984

Front left view
1: Front left view

Taken: 2 August 1984
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1754
Added: 11 August 2009
Filename: Scan_M47...
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