Morris C8 Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 Photo from my collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Clayton Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Hi Hope this is of interest . This was on show in ilkeston classic show this Aug. The Austin K5 was in Dunkirk and still going strong. Not sure who owns it never got the chance to speak to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryH57 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 But the K5 was first built in 1941? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Clayton Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Hi Larry Not sure of dates just the info on the front of the truck. if I am wrong and have read into it wrong, I apologies. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryH57 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 No need for apologies. Its the vehicle owner that needs to explain. It is so easy to be mistaken as he may have been sold it as a 1939 truck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 "Dunkirk" is a place, not a date...Perhaps there is something linking it to to the town in 1945 when it was eventually liberated ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryH57 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) Very true. So easy to think it existed only in May 1940! And of course a proper look at the photo says 1944 on its history board attached to the front. Edited August 26, 2022 by LarryH57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Clayton Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Hi Am almost certain it was involved in the D Day landings in June 1944. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 The K5 is a nice truck, I like the military number plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 On 5/26/2020 at 11:56 PM, Morris C8 said: Quote Can anybody shed more light on 'little ship' at 6.22 Gwen Eagle. Here is the photos of it from my collection. Is it a Commer truck that is propping up “Gwen Eagle”? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 Commer with new owners. Photo from my collection. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 Photo from my collection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 Photos from my collection of the beach area and Veh piers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 (edited) On 8/27/2022 at 10:19 AM, Rootes75 said: The K5 is a nice truck, I like the military number plate. YA to ZY, wartime vehicles that were re-registered in the 1949 census number system. Edited March 24, 2023 by radiomike7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Prof Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Hi @Morris C8 I was researching someting else in the Imperial War Museum archives, and came across these Dunkirk photos. I hope you don't mind me putting them here. The following colour photos were taken in Dunkirk immediately after the evacuation, by Hermann Weper of the 13 German Mobile Assault Unit. I have not included photos of dead soldiers. Copyright is the Imperial War Museum as indicated. Best Regards, Adrian (c) IWM COL287 German forces arrive in Dunkirk. The sea front at Dunkirk photographed immediately after the completion of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force earlier in the day. The crew of a light anti-tank gun of the German mobile assault unit Motorensturm 13 stand guard on the seafront. The gun is covered with a camouflaged cloth. Debris left by the British evacuation debris is visible in the background. (c) IWM COL288 German forces arrive in Dunkirk. The sea front at Dunkirk photographed immediately after the completion of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force earlier in the day. Vehicles and troops of the German mobile assault unit Motorensturm 13, drawn up on the sea front at Dunkirk near one of the unit's light anti-tank guns. (c) IWM COL289 German forces arrive in Dunkirk after the completion of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force earlier in the day. Clearing the blocked road into Dunkirk. Under the direction of their German captors, French troops push away an immobilised British Universal Carrier tracked vehicle. (c) IWM COL290 On the outskirts of Dunkirk, a German officer interrogates two captured French officers who sit under guard near a roadside table laden with wine bottles. A German inflatable rubber dinghy is visible behind the table. (c) IWM COL292 On the outskirts of Dunkirk, German officers confer by their vehicles at the roadside before moving into the town. (c) IWM COL293 German troops pulling a 37mm anti-tank gun along a road near Dunkirk. Immobilised British Scout carriers are parked at the side of the road. (c) COL294 German forces move into Dunkirk. Disarmed French soldiers file pass German officers on the outskirts of Dunkirk. The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force had been completed a few hours earlier. (c) IWM COL295 German forces move into Dunkirk hours after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force was completed. A beached French coastal patrol craft at low tide at Dunkirk. The ship is armed with a 75mm canon on its foredeck and probably dates from the First World War. A British Universal Carrier and a bicycle lie abandoned half buried in the sand. (c) IWM COL296 German forces move into Dunkirk hours after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force. Curious German officers inspect the memorial to the French aviation pioneer, Louis Bleriot on the sea front at Dunkirk. It is surrounded by German vehicles and the litter of the British evacuation. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 (edited) Not Blériot in that last photo, but Georges Guynemer who was killed in the Great War. https://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-dunkerque-guynemer The monument was demolished by the Germans as part of the Atlantic Wall works. The bronze bust of Guynemer survived and has been relocated. Edited April 10, 2023 by 79x100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 The bike is a German NSU OSL501 or 601. Very nice pictures!! Lex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 Thanks Adrian for posting the colour photos. More from my collection 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 A few more from my collection. Keith 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 There were several dunkirk pictures on sale on ebay.de Searchword "beute" in the "sammelen & seltenes" area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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