Photo A5.  German Panther tank knocked out in Hotton, Belgium.  The 3rd Armored Division was engaged against elements of the German 116th Panzer Division "Windhund" ("Greyhounds"), in the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium from 21 December 1944 until 26 December 1944.  This tank was part of Kampfgruppe "Beyer" of Panzer Regiment 16, a unit of the 116th Panzer Division.  (Location and information provided by Barry Crook, Stefan De Meyer, and Timm Haasler).  Click HERE for more information about the fate of this Panther.
Photo A3.  Another view of the same bulding shown in photo A1.   Borgoumont, Belgium.  Location identified by Benno Deckers, La Gleize, Belgium.  Click HERE to see this building as it appears today.
Photo A1.  Borgoumont, Belgium.  Location identified by Benno Deckers, La Gleize, Belgium.  Click HERE to see this building as it appears today.

NOTE:  All photos on this page were taken by Captain John Metcalfe, and have been retrieved from the collection of First Sergeant Walter Petrovich.  Photos were furnished by 1st. Sgt. Petrovich's son, Ron Petrovich, and are used with his permission.

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Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge)

NOTE:  All photos on this page were taken by Captain John Metcalfe, and have been retrieved from the collection of First Sergeant Walter Petrovich.  Photos were furnished by 1st. Sgt. Petrovich's son, Ron Petrovich, and are used with his permission.

Any fiurther information regarding these photos would be greatly appreciated, as would contact with John Metcalfe and/or his family.  Please contact the webmaster at:  Fambor@aol.com if you have any further information.
Photo A1.  Borgoumont, Belgium.  Location identified by Benno Deckers, La Gleize, Belgium.  Click HERE to see this building as it appears today.

Photo A2.  Bourgoumont, Belgium.  Photo taken from inside the building shown in photo A1 and A3.  Location identified by Benno Deckers, La Gleize, Belgium.
Photo A3.  Another view of the same bulding shown in photo A1.   Borgoumont, Belgium.  Location identified by Benno Deckers, La Gleize, Belgium.  Click HERE to see this building as it appears today.
Photo A4.  3rd Armored Division vehicles on the outskirts of town.  Location unknown, but probably Hotton, Belgium.
Photo A5.  German Panther tank knocked out in Hotton, Belgium.  The 3rd Armored Division was engaged against elements of the German 116th Panzer Division "Windhund" ("Greyhounds"), in the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium from 21 December 1944 until 26 December 1944.  This tank was part of Kampfgruppe "Beyer" of Panzer Regiment 16, a unit of the 116th Panzer Division.  (Location and information provided by Barry Crook, Stefan De Meyer, and Timm Haasler).  Click HERE for more information about the fate of this Panther.
Photo A6.  Another photo of the Panther shown in photos A5 and A7.
Photo A7.  Another view of the Panther in photos A5 and A6, with a knocked out 3rd Armored Division M5 "Stuart" light tank in the foreground.
Photo A8.  Another knocked out "Windhund" Panther.  This tank appears to be on the other side of the same building seen in photos A5, A6, and A7.  Note the distinctive light colored stonework around the windows.
Photo A9.  Another view of the knocked out Panther seen in photo A8, with a knocked out Panzer IV in the background.  The Panzer IV is tank number 611 from Panzer Regiment 16, 116. Panzer Division "Windhund."  (Information provided by Matthias Radu.)
Photo A10.  Knocked out "Windhund" Panzer IV in the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium.
Photo A11.  Yet another knocked out Panzer IV in the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium.
Photo A12.  Wreckage of what appears to be a German half-tracked vehicle in the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium.
Photo A13.  Wreckage of an American M3A1 halftrack in the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium.
Photo A14.  Location unknown, but probably in the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium.
Photo A15.  3rd Armored Division soldiers preparing to fire a 60mm mortar in the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium
Photo A16.  A column of 3rd Armored Division M5 "Stuart" light tanks.  Location unknown.
Photo A17.  Snow covered terrain during the Battle of the Bulge.  Location unknown.
Photo A18.  Wrecked German vehicles in the snow.  Vehicle on the left is an sWS (Schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper) and the vehicle on the right is an Sdkfz. 7.  Location unknown.  (Vehicle identification provided by Werner Geier and Barry Crook).
Photo A19.  An American M1A1 155mm "Long Tom" gun in firing position in the snow.  Location unknown.
Photo "Plane."  Wreckage of a German Messerschmidt Bf-109 fighter, probably in the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium.  This may be one of the aircraft destroyed during the German Luftwaffe's disastrous Operation Bodenplatte on 1 January 1945.  (Information provided by Barry Crook and Matthias Radu.)
Photo "Messerschmitt."  Another view of the same aircraft.