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The Tiger I # 224

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The Tiger I # 224

Page devoted to the story of the Tiger I # 224 abandonned in Orne (Normandie) by its crew during the lock up of the Falaise-Chambois Pocket.

28/04/2022

Originally uploaded on Aug 12, 2019.The Last Tiger - The real history of Vimoutiers Tiger - Battle of Normandy.Tiger I Ausf. E Late at Vimoutiers, France. Th...

27/04/2022

Late 1975 :
Alain Roudeix and other volunteers display the Tiger on a concrete stand near the road (D979) where abandoned in Aug 1944 and restore the outside.

27/04/2022

Oct 1975 (ctd) :
turret removed to reduce weight and put back on chassis later on.

26/04/2022

Page devoted to the history of Tiger # 224.
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Oct 1975 (ctd) :
loader pulling the Tiger out of the roadside ditch where it had been pushed into 31 years ago.
A tough job performed on a rainy day by french volunteers.

26/04/2022

Page devoted to the history of Tiger 224.
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Oct 1975 (ctd) :
Using loaders owned by Ets Blondeau, Alain Roudeix and other Locals pull out the Tiger from the roadside ditch.

26/04/2022

Page devoted to the history of Tiger # 224
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Oct 1975 :
2è Division Blindée (French 2nd Armor) veteran, Michel Dufresne, and some other Locals save the Tiger from another attempt to destroy it from a local scraper.
Tiger becomes "Monument Historique" and City Hall buys back the Panzer from the scraper.

26/04/2022

Page devoted to the history of Tiger # 224.
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Aug 1944 till Oct 1975 :
Tiger 224 remains in the roadside ditch of D979 heading to Gacé.

09/04/2022

This page is devoted to the history of Tiger # 224.
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After 1945 :
the Tiger remains in the roadside ditch (D979).
A local scraper removes valuable components.

08/04/2022

This page is devoted to the history of Tiger # 224.
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23 Aug 1944 :
The Tiger # 224 is pushed in the roadside ditch by the Canadians to clear the road heading to Gacé.
Source : D-Day Overlord

08/04/2022

20 Aug 1944
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Tiger 224 is abandoned by the crew at Vimoutiers (Orne) in the road heading to Gacé.
Note : photo not Tiger 224

16/03/2022

(this page is devoted to the history of Tiger I # 224)
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Between 6 July and 19 Aug 1944
Undetermined location in Normandie : Hill 112 ? Vire ? Falaise ? else ?

14/03/2022

This page is devoted to the history of the Tiger I # 224 abandoned in Normandie on 20 Aug 1944 and still there nowadays.
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Morgny, Eure, France :
Tiger I # 224 heading for the front line in Normandie.

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Vimoutiers
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