jonesy Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I had one clear goal whilst out in Normandy back in June for the 71st commemorations of D-Day and that was to recreate one of my favourite photographs taken during the invasion. It shows paratroopers from the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne towing a M3A4 Handcart with a jeep meeting up with troops coming up from Utah Beach. It gets better as in the background there are two Horsa gliders. After a bit of research, I'd found out that the photograph was taken on the crossroads of the D115 and the D913, inbetween Utah Beach and St. Marie du Mont. So with a bit of traffic management, I manoeuvred my jeep into what I thought was roughly the position and my wife took the shot. When I overlaid the photo over the original, I was amazed at how close we'd gotten it. I hope you like it. Cheers, Neil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BYFF72 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Wow, That's pretty cool! Very nice Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Fairplay thats excellent \i love the 'then and now' format of pictures it really brings it to life ... I had immense fun with my old Dad back in 2004 when we had 3 weeks over there recreating lots of great pictures for him was this in the meadows sort of behind Pegasus Bridge ?..... We pulled the camper into a park there one afternoon and got talking to the owners old father who was very eager to tell us the history of the campsite when he realised we were obvioously there for a nostalgic visit .he marched us about iup and down the lane and between our language problems ! we learnt that the park and the field on the other side of the road were both big drop zones for gliders on the night of June 5th oops sorry just realised you said this was by Utah somewhere Edited January 3, 2016 by RattlesnakeBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 brilliant, almost pixel perfect match! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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