Ferg1 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Stumbled upon this the other day while out on the hills of Sussex. Anyone care to guess what this skeleton was ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRA Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Churchill?/GRA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Looks like it blonged to the Chirchill tank to me as well.RegardsBrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Wow, I wonder what kind of weapon that peppered the side of that tank. Must have been used as a practise target.Snoopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferg1 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 I just found out some details about this tank ,on Google earth of all places ! It is indeed a Mk 2 Churchill which was given to the Canadian troops barracked in Sussex prior to the Normandy landings. It was an ' invalid ' tank that was ,as with most Mk 2's dogged with engine and gearbox problems. The Mk 3 came along and this was hurridly given away to the Canadians for target practice (hence the piat and 50 calibre wounds) It was eventually dumped in a shell hole in 45 and buried. The machine reappeared in around 1993 when it was dug up by the REME. The turret was pinched by a collector in the west country and various pieces were taken for a restoration project at the Tank Musuem in Bovington. It was dumped rather unkindly at the edge of the field 100 yards or so from where it was exhumed and there it has stayed . Ferg1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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