KM/Heer Soldbuch – Obergefreiter Mack – Panzer Kompanie C (ND) 224 (346 Inf Div) – Flamethrowing Panzer – Holland (Sold)
Soldbuch for Walter Mack
Issued in April 1945 because he lost his other Soldbuch!
His unit was Panzer Kompanie C (ND) 224
The Panzer-Kompanie 224 was formed on 1 July 1943 and was equipped with captured French tanks. It was converted flame thrower tanks in April 1944 and was one of the armored units sent against the Allied landings at Arnhem in September under Panzerjäger-Abteilung 657.
346 Inf Div
The 346. Infanterie-Division was formed in September 1942 and served as an occupation, security and coastal defense unit in France. It fought in Normandy and was largely destroyed there in August 1944. It withdrew to the Netherlands where it was reformed and fought until surrendering to the British north of Arnhem in May 1945.
Awards
- Iron Cross Second Class
- Panzer Badge in Silver
Sadly this is a second edition and so late, but finding anything about this unit is very difficult!
There is a book on this very Panzer Kompanie in Holland.