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Author Topic: WW2 Zundapp Motorcycle dug up in Normandy  (Read 1490 times)

alexznam357

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WW2 Zundapp Motorcycle dug up in Normandy
« on: November 17, 2009, 08:06:43 AM »
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Re: WW2 Zundapp Motorcycle dug up in Normandy
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2009, 11:34:18 AM »
Intressing one that....wheres the engine and gearbox gone ??
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Re: WW2 Zundapp Motorcycle dug up in Normandy
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2009, 01:24:09 PM »
Hey Lou...the article says the engine and gearbox were hit by a mortar or shell. The gearbox was found 20 meters away, so it must've been a helluva blast.
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Re: WW2 Zundapp Motorcycle dug up in Normandy
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2009, 03:06:48 PM »
In about 1953, as a kid visiting the area, I spent a week or two playing on the cliffs in Normandy (while my parents were involved in 'loftier matters')... Area was honeycombed with trenches which joined the German bunkers, some of which still had guns sticking out of them.  I was obviously fascinated, but my parents forbade me to go into the bunkers, and I obeyed-- but spent a lot of time prowling the network of trenches.
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Re: WW2 Zundapp Motorcycle dug up in Normandy
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2009, 03:57:58 PM »
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Intressing one that....wheres the engine and gearbox gone ??
Lou

It says in the text, that it looked like the bike was near a mortar shell impact, and the engine and transmission was found 20 feet or so from the frame .
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Re: WW2 Zundapp Motorcycle dug up in Normandy
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2009, 04:17:45 PM »
Silly me didnt read all the text just the top bit. 2/10 must try harder
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Re: WW2 Zundapp Motorcycle dug up in Normandy
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2009, 05:35:30 AM »
amazing find!!!! just makes you wonder what other relics are buried from the wars around the world & not just bikes....great find
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