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Unique ID: 215 Added to Database: July 2008 Last Edited: 22 March 2012 Type (ID): Tiger II (210) Model (ID): Henschel Turret Model (400) Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000) Location (ID): World War 2 (3010) Serial Number: 280093. Registration: Name: Other Identification: “104” painted in grey on turret sides. German crosses painted on turret sides. Painted overall in a sand, green and brown camouflage scheme. Collection Reference: E1994.81. (Accession 8194, Entry 1994.1126). Links: Museum Vehicle Record WW2 Battlefield Relics Culture 24 Missing Lynx YouTube 1 YouTube 2 YouTube 3 YouTube 4 References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Wegmann & Co, Kassel, Nordhessen, Germany (Henschel-designed turret manufacturer) 2: Henschel und Sohn, Kassel, Nordhessen, Germany (Chassis manufacturer and vehicle assembly 1944-5) 3: Beauvais, France (Captured 1944) 4: Calais, France (Embarked) 5: Dover, Britain (Disembarked) 6: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (1945-late 1960s) 7: Defence College of Management and Technology, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, South East England, Britain (Late 1960s – May 2006) 8: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location) 9: The Tank Museum - Tankfest Arena, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Static display at Tankfest June 2006) 10: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location) Text in original Preserved German Tanks publication: This King Tiger was one of the first to be encountered in France in 1944. It served with sSS-PzAbt 501 of the 1 SS PzKorps and was one of three from this unit knocked out near Beauvais (one of the others is now at the Munster Panzermuseum). It had the turret number “104” and is believed to have been knocked out by Sergeant Roberts of A Squadron, 23rd Hussars. A contemporary account states that it had disengaged from a running fight with Sherman tanks after receiving slight damage to the off-side suspension. When the driver made a sharp skid-turn in a sugar-beet field the off-side final drive smashed. All five of the crew climbed out, two of them were shot and the others surrendered. Contemporary photographs appear to show that it had a shell hole in its right hand side and it was not fitted with side-skirts. A detachment composed of RE and REME personnel later recovered it from the field where it had sunk until it was completely bellied. It was transported to the coast by road on a Cranes heavy duty trailer designed for the British Tortoise heavy assault tank, and was then transferred from Calais to Dover on a train-ferry. It arrived at the Directorate of Tank Design (DTD), Chobham, Surrey, on 15 January 1945 and is believed to have arrived at RMCS in the late 1960s. It has an incomplete coating of Zimmerit anti-magnetic mine paste. It is currently missing its exhausts, and a pair of roadwheels at the front on its right-hand side, though it had all of these when it was recovered. It now has nearly a full complement of side-skirts; these obscure the area of the hull that appeared to have been holed. Text in Preserved German Tanks Update: This Tiger II was commanded by an officer named Sepp Franzl when it was abandoned. It was put on the Bovington Museum books in 1994 and was transported on a low loader from Shrivenham to Bovington on 18 May 2006. It was a static display at Tankfest 2006. Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication: This is a King Tiger with a ‘Henschel’ turret.

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March 2011 1: Front left view Taken: 9 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7142 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56268727... Views: 398 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		2: Front left view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7137 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56268905... Views: 297 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		3: Front left view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7138 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56268818... Views: 299 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
4: Front right view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7139 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56262921... Views: 286 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		5: Left view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7140 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56268948... Views: 503 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		6: Rear left view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7141 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56268866... Views: 339 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
October 2008 7: Front right view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4802 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030528... Views: 373 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		8: Front view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4803 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030526... Views: 365 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		9: Front left view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4804 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030525... Views: 386 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
10: Left view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4805 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030524... Views: 337 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		11: Rear left view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4806 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030527... Views: 365 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
November 1984 12: The Tiger II at Shrivenham Taken: 9 November 1984 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 181 Added: 3 July 2008 Filename: Scan_KT_... Views: 1958 Select/Has Priority: 1/0		13: Front right view Taken: 9 November 1984 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9551 Added: 18 April 2014 Filename: FR_KingT... Views: 235 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		14: Front view Taken: 9 November 1984 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9552 Added: 18 April 2014 Filename: F_KingTi... Views: 299 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
15: Front left view Taken: 9 November 1984 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9553 Added: 18 April 2014 Filename: FL_KingT... Views: 315 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
Date Unknown 16: An internal view of its turret Taken: Date Unknown Contributor: D. Brittain Photo ID: 182 Added: 3 July 2008 Filename: Scan_KT_... Views: 1002 Select/Has Priority: 1/0

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