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A corner of Mozza. MkIII flame thrower destroyed whilst "doing a Tiger" and tank tracks of 44RTR who forced the top of the track the morning after the occupation of Licolle Ridge.
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Accession Number

NAM.1975-03-63-16-18

Description

Photograph: A corner of Mozza. Mk III flame thrower destroyed whilst "doing a Tiger" and tank tracks of 44th Royal Tank Regiment who forced the top of the track the morning after the occupation of Licolle Ridge. Mozzagrogna saw heavy fighting in November 1943. Allied troops took the town but were counter-attacked and driven out. Tanks of the 44th Royal Tank Regiment helped recapture the town. This picture shows the bitter nature of the streetfighting in the town. The wreck of a German Pzkfw III flamethrower tank blocks a road with the turret lying alongside the hull of the tank. From a photograph album containing 233 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1943-1944. Photographs are of locations in Italy, Scotland and England. With captions from a separate index. Associated with World War Two, Italy (1943-1945) and World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945).

Campaigns

World War Two, Italy (1943-1945)