softening up the German defenses to pave the way for the Allied landings along the beaches of northern France
having been slowed to just a few knots by numerous hits
in one of the units few remaining Kingtigers
Despite having to fight in almost zero visibility due to dust storms and nightfall
487th Fighter Squadron took off from Asch
Panther at the Zoo, Tiergarten, Berlin, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland. (GS) SHN118 softening up the German defensesDHM1196GS. Panther at the Zoo, Tiergarten, Berlin, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland. Below the vast bulk of the Zoo Bunker one of three giant Flak towers designed to defend Berlin from air attack, some remnants of the citys defenders gather in an attempt to break out of the doomed capital. Amongst which are troops from the 9th Fallschirmjager and Munchberg Panzer Divisions, including a rare nightfighting equipped Panther G of Oberleutnant Rasims