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Unique ID: 1700 Added to Database: 30 May 2011 Last Edited: 3 June 2011 Type (ID): Sherman Crab (1415) Model (ID): M4A4 Sherman Crab Mark II (1418) Location Category (ID): Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum (11400) Location (ID): Museum Building (11402) Serial Number: 5230: “5230” stamped into all four towing lugs. 662, transmission cover: “A662” and “D50993 Lo-[G]” cast into left transmission cover. Registration: T147955 (British): “T147955” painted on rear hull sides. Name: “AVALON” painted on hull sides. Other Identification: “E4151 [G] Lo” and “A713” cast into right transmission cover. 7th Armoured Division insignia painted on front of right flail arm and on left hull rear. Collection Reference: Links: Telegraph Obituary – William Hall Pantser.net Wikipedia – Battle of Overloon Wikipedia – Westminster Dragoons Wikipedia – 22nd Dragoons References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Sole manufacturer of base M4A4 July 1942-September 1943) 2: Milner Safe Company - Liverpool, Britain (Converter to flail tank) 3: Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Not the museum but the Battle of Overloon October 1944) 4: Broekhuizen, Netherlands (Destroyed November 1944) 5: Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Current location) Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication: This Crab Mark II is based on an early-production M4A4 with direct vision slots. It is missing its right-hand track. It belonged to the British 79th Armoured Division and was in action during the last days of the Battle of Overloon. It was put out of action later in northern Limburg. A German Panzerfaust fired from a distance of about 200 feet/60m pierced the armour. The heat generated detonated the ammunition carried inside. Information provided by the Overloon museum states that this vehicle belonged to the 22nd Dragoons. However, an obituary on the Telegraph website states that it was commanded by William Hall of the Westminster Dragoons (source: Pantser.net), and that he was awarded an immediate MC when commanding a troop of flail tanks at the crossing of the Molem Beek, an anti-tank obstacle near Overloon, Holland, on October 16 1944. The text reads: “At Overloon - in appalling weather, over boggy ground and under continuous fire - Bill Hall beat a path up to the bridge across the canal, then led his squadron across, though well aware that enemy tanks were waiting on the far side and that his flanks were exposed. His was the first tank to cross the Beek and in the ensuing battle his troop gave invaluable assistance to Allied armour and infantry. He... engaged an enemy anti-tank gun and also knocked out a German mortar position which was inflicting losses on the infantry. He also engaged a Panther tank… Hall had had to change tanks when his own became a casualty, and the flails in his troop frequently had to be replaced after being damaged, but this did not stop them pressing on and killing 24 enemy and assisting the infantry to take 20 prisoners. Hall, who was also mentioned twice in despatches, was in the forefront of the action at Broekhuizen the following November when his tank cleared the approaches to the town before being hit by a bazooka which wounded him. His tank was later recovered by the Dutch authorities and is now on display in the War Museum at Overloon, complete with flails.” This Crab displays damage, presumably from one or more mine blasts, to the flail roller. It also has signs of about twenty penetrations on the left side of the hull and flail boom; these are narrow but deep, implying they were made by shaped charge projectiles. It is not clear if they were from the original action when it was destroyed or if they were made later, for example in some form of target practice. The engine has been removed at some point and is stored in the basement of the museum (source: M. Krauss). Text in Preserved American Tanks Update: [No entry]

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July 2012 1: Upper front right view Taken: 6 July 2012 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 8374 Added: 2 August 2012 Filename: 76691259... Views: 287 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Front view Taken: 6 July 2012 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 8375 Added: 2 August 2012 Filename: 76691741... Views: 228 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Front right view Taken: 6 July 2012 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 8376 Added: 2 August 2012 Filename: 76691501... Views: 213 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
May 2011 4: Upper front left view Taken: 14 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4931 Added: 30 May 2011 Filename: IMG-5565... Views: 253 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		5: Upper front right view Taken: 14 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4932 Added: 30 May 2011 Filename: IMG-5567... Views: 214 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Upper front right view Taken: 14 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4933 Added: 30 May 2011 Filename: IMG-5566... Views: 158 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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19: Markings on left transmission cover Taken: 14 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4946 Added: 30 May 2011 Filename: IMG-5659... Views: 180 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		20: Markings on mantlet and hatch Taken: 14 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4947 Added: 30 May 2011 Filename: IMG-5661... Views: 219 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
September 2007 21: Chrysler A57 Multibank engine stored in basement Taken: 13 September 2007 Contributor: M. Krauss Photo ID: 5173 Added: 3 June 2011 Filename: Engine-0... Views: 488 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		22: Chrysler A57 Multibank engine stored in basement Taken: 13 September 2007 Contributor: M. Krauss Photo ID: 5174 Added: 3 June 2011 Filename: Engine-0... Views: 173 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		23: Chrysler A57 Multibank engine stored in basement Taken: 13 September 2007 Contributor: M. Krauss Photo ID: 5175 Added: 3 June 2011 Filename: Engine-0... Views: 222 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
April 1982 24: Rear left view Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4948 Added: 31 May 2011 Filename: ScanRL_C... Views: 200 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		25: Right view Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4949 Added: 31 May 2011 Filename: ScanR2_C... Views: 206 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		26: Right view Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4950 Added: 31 May 2011 Filename: ScanR_Cr... Views: 217 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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