D-day Omaha beach MG barrel found.

[slimjim]

Thanks for an interesting thread.Those barrels have a lot of history in them.Even if those barrels are not Severloh's they are still an interesting find.I am visiting D Day beaches on a tour after Anzac 100 yr commerations at Gallipoli 2015 so will imagine what happened on D Day.

[cricketchris1944]

Thanks for an interesting thread.Those barrels have a lot of history in them.Even if those barrels are not Severloh's they are still an interesting find.I am visiting D Day beaches on a tour after Anzac 100 yr commerations at Gallipoli 2015 so will imagine what happened on D Day.

I hope you have a great trip.
chris

[cricketchris1944]

WN 62 on June 6 1944

[Bill T]

Nice to see another view Chris. Outstanding thread to revisit, no doubt that you have some truly historical pieces there.

[cricketchris1944]

Nice to see another view Chris. Outstanding thread to revisit, no doubt that you have some truly historical pieces there.

Thank you Bill.
I loved the time I spent in Normandy
chris

[OrangSoldier]

Hi cricketchris,

I just read over this thread. It's almost 10 years old!! Have you managed to get the rest of your finds to the US? What have you done with that barrel?
All the best!
O.S

[lebus12]

Hello, I think Chris left the forum. You can contact him by Facebook.

[The Devil's Bank]

Pity that, I was hoping (for a while) for some updates..

It's a great, but quite sad story.

These barrels should be in a museum.

Although, I woudn't donate any thing to a museum personally.

[lebus12]

I ask him on FB...

[BlackCat1982]

Nice relics Chris MG42 barrel? looks like it or 34 Omaha was the beach my father came on several days after the invasion he said you couldn't believe the carnage, equipment and dead body's still floating and in and around the bunkers. He said Omaha was a tough one. Nice finds timothy

The barrel is from an MG42, the MG34 barrels don't have the square lock.