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New museum dedicated to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy with a collection of over 10,000 vintage objects near the American Cemetery Normandy Tank Museum – Catz [B3] / www normandy-tank-museum

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Les AMIS du PONT BAILEY - Christopher LONG

Patrick Nerrant the museum’s curator was delighted to accept our offer of a long term loan of the Whale – and within days of informing Vire, the bridge was delivered to its new home which is La Fourchette - Avenue du Cotentin, 50500 CATZ

WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 2018

Several months ago I mentioned in the Newsletter that a new Museum has opened in Normandy It is the Normandy Victory Museum, situated on the site of the Carentan-Catz A-10 Advanced Landing Ground of the immediate period after D-Day that was used by the USAAF I had the pleasure to recently visit this Museum, it is well worth going to see

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Overlord Museum – Colleville-sur-Mer [C3] / www overlordmuseum com Le nouveau musée dédié au D-Day et à la Bataille de Normandie expose plus de 10 000 pièces de collection Normandy Tank Museum – Catz [B3] / www normandy-tank-museum

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Tank Museum à Catz • Le manoir de Donville à Méautis G PÉRIERS 408 • Gorges et la tourbière de Baup-te • Marchésieux et la Maison des marais • Rémilly-sur-Lozon et le château de Montfort • Le musée Tancrède-de-Hauteville à Hauteville-la-Guichard • La Maison de la brique et le village

Surviving Raupenschlepper Ost

This is a former vehicle of the Victory Museum that was sold in the December 2012 auction Fahrgestellnumber 470 05 / 8262, built by Klöckner-Humbold-Deutz Walter Schwabe, May 2014 Deutz 1500 Waldschlepper – Technik Museum Speyer (Germany) This civilian Half-Track, built in 1946-47, is based on a shortened RSO chassis