The Lloyd Lamaak Collection — Page 1

On this page, you'll find images contributed by Lloyd Lamaak, formerly of B Battery.    Any former members who can add to the captions are invited to send information to the Webmaster. Clicking "Enlarge the Photo" will open a second window to display the enlargement. Close the second window by clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the browser. (Clicking on the image will also load a larger version.)

The boys (Bamberger, Seidenglanz, Aldrich, Conally, and Bryant) at rest. In the background is an SCR-268 radar under camouflage netting (the tell-tale bedspring antenna array is not attached). At right, one of the radar transport vans has been driven into a rivetment of sorts. [ The larger photo will be displayed in a new window (close when finished) ]

It's Winter 1944 and three B Battery men are hanging around outside their tents. Keen eyes used to watching the skies for aircraft will surely note the B-26 Marauder coming in just above the tree tops (top center of photo). [ The larger photo will be displayed in a new window (close when finished) ]

B Battery tent city at St. Dizier Airdrome (A-64), December 1944. [ The larger photo will be displayed in a new window (close when finished) ]

England, 1944. Left to right: Gowett, Acquanella, Ward, Cox, Bryant, Yurick, Busch, Aldrich, Bamberger, and Wealthy. [ The larger photo will be displayed in a new window (close when finished) ]

A pair of Frenchmen encountered by B Battery, 1944. [ The larger photo will be displayed in a new window (close when finished) ]

Alton Aldrich with his M-1 and other gear outside a heavily camouflaged tent. [ The larger photo will be displayed in a new window (close when finished) ]

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