Sherman Crab flail tank under test with the UK 79th (Experimental) Armored Division Royal Engineers, 27 Apr 1944

Caption     Sherman Crab flail tank under test with the UK 79th (Experimental) Armored Division Royal Engineers, 27 Apr 1944 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseImperial War Museum
Identification Code   4700-37 H 38080
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Photo Size 700 x 662 pixels
Photos on Same Day 27 Apr 1944
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  According to the United Kingdom National Archives, Crown copyright material that has been created prior to 1 Jun 1957 is considered to be in the public domain.

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1. Anonymous says:
13 Feb 2015 03:17:36 AM

My father was in these tanks in ww2, but cant get any info on himself....why do you think that is ? .... is there no list of names for 79th ?

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