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  1. Martin Bull

    Martin Bull Acting Wg. Cdr

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    A 'quickie'.

    Which famous WWII 'ace' was killed post-war when his Allard sportscar crashed into a bridge at Eriswell, Suffolk ?
     
    Martin Bull, May 2, 2003
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    'Ace' of what? Submariner, aviator, tanker? Poker ace? :confused:
     
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    Col. David C. Schilling third-ranking ace of the 56th Fighter Group.
     
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  4. Martin Bull

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    Excellent, Volkbert - absolutely right !

    Over to you.... ;)
     
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    A question about Dutch Waffen-SS'ers. The Netherlands had a lot of volunteers to fight at the eastern front, approximately 20.000. A few of them earned the RK. Only one of them earned the German Cross in Gold. What is his name?
     
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    Gerardus Mooyman.
     
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    Good try Panzerknacker but it's not correct. Mooyman was the first dutch winner of the RK. He did not earn the DKiG.
     
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    I knew Mooyman was awarded the RK, I thought i might as well have a guess though.
     
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    I will give some hints. The DKiG was awrded on 24 April 1944. His rank at that time was SS-Hauptscharführer. His first name was Frans.
     
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    Kai - Right answer, Frans Venemann.
    And you are right about Pulles. He also received the DKiG. I was misleaded in my book regarding european volunteers in the waffen-ss. The book states that Veneman was the only unterführer who received the DKiG. I misread it for the only person who received the DKiG. :(

    Your turn Kai.
     
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    Thanx Volkbert!

    Ok. Remember that most of Tigers at Battle of the Bulge Dec 1944 were King Tigers. How many Tiger I´s took part in this operation?

    ;)
     
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    I'm not 100% sure about this one - very few Tiger 1s were involved in the Battle of the Bulge.

    I believe that most were assigned to 6. Panzer-Armee and operated in the area of Bastogne. The units involved were schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506 and schwere Panzer-Abteilung (Fkl) 301. Both totalled 22 Tigers but I am not sure if these were all 1s, or included some 'King Tigers'.... :confused:

    A very good photo of a knocked-out Tiger 1 from 301 can be seen in Pallud's ' Battle Of The Bulge - Then & Now ' ( page 405.
     
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    According to the litterature I have on it the number of Tiger I´s was very few-actually you´re very close, Martin...

    :D
     
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    38 ? But I still think some of those were Mk IIs...

    As an amusing aside I can across a French web forum with a bitter argument going on, saying that there were definitely no Tiger 1s in the Ardennes. Obviously they haven't seen the photo I mentioned ;)
     
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    Like I said Martin, the number of Tiger I´s was very low at Ardennes....

    Next hint: think about the picture!

    :D
     
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    Groping around in the dark here - 301 had ten operational Tiger 1s during the Battle of the Bulge....
     
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    Eh, don´t know that source for the 10 tanks but my source claims that the number of Tiger 1´s was very very limited-I don´t want to give this for free- but the number can be counted from one hand´s fingers almost even after the hand has been hit by a panzerschreck....

    So maybe the picture hint makes sense now?

    ;)
     
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    This is doing my head in - I need CrazyD and his 'how many Tigers...' argument !

    I now have, on 16th December 1944, sPzAbt(Fkl)301 reporting 27 Tigers on strength, with only 12 available for service, at : -

    http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/tigers-02.htm
     
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    Fair enough, Martin!

    I mean I believed in the book "SS weapons and Fighting tactics etc" by Dr S Hart&Dr R Hart, in which it says on p. 142

    " This decline in availability ensured that the Germans deployed just one Tiger I tank during the Ardennes counteroffensive, and this vehicle was soon destroyed."

    I searched this for more info in the net and it all seems to back the 10 operational Tigers...

    Sorry for that but I trusted the book all the way...

    Oh, and that is over to you, Martin!!
     
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