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Castlemaine-Boy > Guard duty - and well protected against the elements.
Castlemaine-Boy > Rare picture of a Tiger 1 in colour. The object with yellow shoes below the tank's gun barrel appears to be a toy tied to the barrel.
Castlemaine-Boy > Herman Goering. Goering joined the German Army in June, 1912. He served with the infantry during the first few months of the First World War but was hospitalized with rheumatoid arthritis of the knees - after recovering he transferred to the German Army Air Service. Goering later became the leader of JG 1fighter squadron and by the end of the war he had achieved 22 victories and had been awarded the Iron Cross and the Pour le Merite for bravery. His exploits during the Second World War are well documented.
Castlemaine-Boy > Hans-Ulrich Rudel. Germany's the solitary holder of Germany's highest award - Knights Cross with Golden Oakleaves, Swords & Diamonds (award not pictured). Some of Rudel's achievements included the sinking of the Russian battleship 'October Revolution' and the cruiser 'Marat'. He amassed 2,530 logged combat missions and was shot down 32 times - once in which he lost his right leg (he continued flying combat missions with a prosthetic leg). In 1944, Stalin personally placed a 100,000 ruble bounty on Rudel's head - it was never collected as Rudel surrendered to the Americans but in an ironic twist of fate, he was handed back to the Russians and forced to endure 11 years in a Russian Gulag.
Castlemaine-Boy > Heinrich Himmler .
Castlemaine-Boy > Images of Axis troops in WW2 photo
Castlemaine-Boy > Images of Axis troops in WW2 photo
Castlemaine-Boy > SS-Obersturmführer (first lieutenant) gathering daffodils for some lucky maiden.
Castlemaine-Boy > The mock-up Tiger 1 from "Saving Private Ryan" as a comparison. The two Tiger tanks featured in Saving Private Ryan are reproductions built on the chassis of Russian T-34 tanks. The reproductions were based on measurements taken of a Tiger I at the Tank Museum in Bovington, England, and were constructed by Plus Film Services. The most obvious visual difference between a real Tiger I and the reproductions are the tracks, which do not feature the Tiger I's overlapping wheel design. Both Tiger tanks feature the insignia of the I SS Panzer Corps, a unit that would not have been near the Merderet River on June 13th, 1944.
Guard duty - and well protected against the elements.
Castlemaine-Boy > Guard duty - and well protected against the elements.
Guard duty - and well protected against the elements.
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