Wittman's tiger at Villers bocage

rebelreenactor · February 16, 2005, 8:39pm

hey guys, another question. What tank was wittman in during Villers Bocage?
and, are there pics of it? (theres got to be!)

thanks for the help!

edit- I lied, a couple questions.[B)] Does any body know the turret numbers for the other 5 tanks wittman was with on june 13th?

gjek · February 16, 2005, 8:44pm

He was in a late model Tiger 1. Panzer Aces has a smaller photo. His tank turret ID number was 231

rebelreenactor · February 16, 2005, 8:46pm

do you know what turret number he was in?

gjek · February 16, 2005, 8:52pm

231 is what I have in the photo caption.

rebelreenactor · February 16, 2005, 9:15pm

ok.
any body have any idea as who was in 007 at the time, or where it was at?

espins1 · February 16, 2005, 9:18pm

Bond… James Bond… [;)]

rebelreenactor · February 16, 2005, 9:25pm

Well, thats what I thought, but then I remembered it wasnt a BMW.[:D]

Anonymous · February 16, 2005, 11:00pm

Wittman used Kurt Sowa Tiger 222 at Villers bocage.Because his Tiger 205 was broke down.Heinz von Westenhagen was the original commander of 007 lots of information on the net about this just look around.

Anonymous · February 17, 2005, 4:40am

yeah theres loads of posts like this as well, with all the answers your after

TMN1 · February 17, 2005, 9:04am

[#ditto] To kernop, Peridexion and Captain Caveman.

Have a look at this site. http://www.panzerace.net/main/intro.asp

rebelreenactor · February 17, 2005, 5:20pm

ya, I did some searching and found some info on Heinz von Westenhagen at achtung panzer. thanks for the help and link

Anonymous · February 17, 2005, 6:13pm

Wittmann was killed in Westenhagen’s 007 (he was ill that day). The bodies were recovered and indentified years later and reburied in a Military Cemetary.