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  • Member since
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Catch That Tiger!
Posted by MECHTECH on Monday, August 24, 2015 7:38 PM

Not sure if it has been mentioned before, but if anyone is interested in the story of the Tiger I, that was captured in North Africa, that is now at Bovington and used in the movie "Fury", this is the title of a great story. The book was wrote by Noel Botham and Bruce Montague. It has it all as a story, spies and all,  a great read for anyone interested.

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Posted by disastermaster on Monday, August 24, 2015 10:51 PM

 http://z5.ifrm.com/9081/103/0/e5261266/e5261266.gifWell if the "search the forum" function still worked on here, you could see all that was said about this subject back in Sept/Nov of 2014.
 A lot of good stuff was lost (but probably not forever) in a puff of upgrade.....
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Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 12:21 AM

Ditto yup, we did have a good discussion about this same book some time ago...

 

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Posted by Byrden on Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:28 PM

As far as I can tell, the book is badly written fiction with about 30% fact. Whatever else it may be, it's not "the story of the Bovington Tiger".

For example, take the part where the Tiger was actually captured. The book tells us an exciting tale about a British tank sneaking around behind the Tiger, and attacking its crew. Nobody, not the Germans nor the British, have told us that anything like that happened. Where does this tale come from? Supposedly from a man's diary that nobody has seen except for the book's authors!

I carried out my own research into this story. The Tiger was abandoned in a specific place that I identified from photos. As a result I can say that the story is false. It was impossible for a British tank to get behind the Tiger.

David

 

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