Use of a bell on the 101st Normandy DZ?
HiI would like to know if someone hear something about the use of a little bell to call paratroopers on the 101st DZ during the D-Day? RegardsBen
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Wow! That looks like a pretty big, heavy, and bulky item to jump with, but then I guess to a combat-loaded paratrooper, what's another five (or more) pounds or so?
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I would like to see that bell "in-person" in Normandy.Perhaps we could meet in early June? Sounds like the rest ofyour collection would also be interesting to look at.Could you email me at:...
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HiNo problem Mark.I send you an email.RegardsBen
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Good evening,I would like to share with you last info about the bell.I wrote to Mr Allworth two years ago and he sent me a nice letter with the confirmation that i found the bell lost during the...
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Good evening, Unfortunately, after this letter, i never recieved more news from Edd. I sent him a copy of an article published in the"la Presse de la Manche" in 2012 about the story of the bell and...
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To share, a pic from the bell and the cricket together.Best regardsBen
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msg to Trigger Timers from the webmaster-I would not get too swept by this story.I totally believed this story, until I ran in to Philippe Nekrassoff at the Pratt Memorial ceremony 2 years ago.He...
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Hi Mark, Thanks for your replay and last info.Yes I remember that you had given me the info about the bell found by Mr Nekrassof.Since our meeting, I never try to contact him. Yes I must contact him...
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Ben- If I was in the place of you or Philippe I would want to get together and solve this mystery.How many elderly men in St Come have sold this type of bell and what are the odds of one manfinding 2...
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With respect to the bell and noise.....one ring of the bell was to be answered by two clicks of the cricket. Ronnie
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These bells were produced mainly for schools, a teacher would ring the bell at start of school and end of play breaks, as war became certain they were pressed into service by the Air Raid Precaution...
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Good day all,I have the complete info about the origin of the bellIn fact, there is a only one bell from my old friend William in St Come du Mont.Phillippe knows William and they were together at the...
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Hi Ben- I'm glad that you and Philippe were able to straighten this confusion-out. Because of thelanguage barrier, I thought Philippe was showing me an item from HIS collection. Also, he...
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Hi Mark,Yes i am very happy to have succeeded to solve the confusion.The bell was found by William Hebert few day after the D-Day in a field near the "Haras de Tamerville"Picture from Tamerville Farm...
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glider wrote:Phillippe knows William and they were together at the Pratt ceremony few years ago (2011).William had bring the bell at the ceremony and it's the reason why Phillippe had showed the bell...
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Philippe did tell me, if I'm not mistaken, that he bought his bell from an elderly man in St Come du Mont.As far as I'm concerned, this mystery is still un-resolved.
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Good evening all, Yes, incredible story!!! In fact, i kept the info about Philippe with William himself. William seems knowing Philippe. I don't succeed to find the phone number of Philippe, Patelie,...
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If the above-captioned still resides in St Mere Eglise, he shouldn't be difficult to find.His friend and fellow plane crash researcher, Michel Gaudry, lives in an apartment abovethe Pharmacy in the...
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