497th Bombardment Squadron from the 344th Bombardment Group during WW2The 497th Bombardment Squadron was a unit of the 344th Bomb Group, part of the U.S. Army Air … Posted August 30, 2025 (updated October 21, 2025) by Patrick
Don “Doc” Rowe: Citizen. Soldier. – a book by Dennis W. RoweThe book follows an American GI and combat medic on his personal and transformative journey during World War … Posted February 2, 2025 (updated October 21, 2025) by Pascal
The deportation of the Tanguy Abbots of Pont-Aven, FranceThe Abbots Joseph and Francis Tanguy fell victim to the Nazi regime while following their beliefs and participating … Posted December 4, 2024 (updated March 3, 2025) by Pascal
Jacques Stosskopf Memorial – Lorient, FranceWhile Stosskopf appeared to collaborate with the Nazi's during the construction of the Keroman U-boat Base in Lorient, … Posted November 30, 2024 (updated March 9, 2025) by Pascal
Oberleutnant Felix-Maria Brandis – Messerschmitt Bf 110 LN+FRFirst lieutenant or Oberleutnant Felix-Maria Brandis was born in Ahaus Germany on 9 September 1919. His flying training … Posted October 13, 2024 (updated March 9, 2025) by Patrick
LandmarkScout Travels – LMS Trip to Normandy FranceOur first trip we ever did was to the Panzerkampfwagen VI - Tiger at Vimoutiers and the landing … Posted July 22, 2023 (updated September 28, 2025) by Patrick
The Grave of Dutch Resistance member Nicolaas Erkens – Robermont Cemetery, Liege, BelgiumThe grave of Dutch resistance member Nicolaas Erkens, a Bronze Lion medal recipient (Dutch: Bronzen Leeuw), who was … Posted March 6, 2023 (updated May 5, 2025) by Pascal
Na de Grote Razzia – Rotterdamse scholieren voor dwangarbeid in Duitsland 1944-1945With great pride we can announce that the first LandmarkScout book is out! After working on this project … Posted October 26, 2017 (updated February 20, 2025) by Pascal
Tank Driver Bob Dare recounts the fate of the Jackal in the Battle of Overloon, NetherlandsJohn Collier was a wireless operator/ loader on Cheetah of Number 2 Squadron of the Coldstream Guards of … Posted June 15, 2015 (updated March 5, 2025) by Patrick
4th Battalion Coldstream Guards in WW2This photograph is from the private collection of Don Roper. His father Herbert Hughes Roper or Bert for … Posted June 15, 2015 (updated March 5, 2025) by Patrick
Jan van Driel – How a Forced Labourer ended up in Sweden during 1944A few years after the outbreak of the second world war, probably around 1943, the Germans ordered all … Posted July 3, 2014 (updated May 1, 2025) by Patrick
A Fallschirmjäger in Normandy, Operation Kursk, the battle of Sicily and Monte Cassino[...]Read More... Posted February 21, 2014 (updated October 21, 2025) by Patrick
Arbeitseinsatz – Forced labour at the Sigla Sicherheitsglas G.m.b.H. company in Gross Kunzendorf N.L. – PolandHendrik (Henk) Hoogendoorn was born on the 1st of February 1921, my grandfather was just 19 years of … Posted February 7, 2014 (updated August 31, 2025) by Patrick
The Jackal; a Churchill tank left behind in the forgotten Battle of OverloonOn 27 may in 2013 the Scouts received an email from Christine; "My mother and I are travelling … Posted September 17, 2013 (updated September 28, 2025) by Patrick
Arbeitseinsatz II – Forced Labour at Sigla in PolandIn August 2012 Landmark Scout received an email from a descendant of a survivor of forced labour in … Posted October 26, 2012 (updated February 13, 2025) by Patrick
David van Dam; The cousin of my granddad – Gouda, the NetherlandsThe name “David” was used a lot in the family. My granddad, like David, has the same second … Posted October 25, 2012 (updated May 1, 2025) by Patrick
Lorenz Hackenholt, the nazi that got away?From November 1939 Hackenholt was assigned to the Action T4 programme, working in all six facilities. In the … Posted December 8, 2011 (updated February 13, 2025) by Pascal
Houffalize Belgium – It all started here for LandmarkScoutWe planned a hike in the Belgium Ardennes with a couple of our friends. Leaving early from the … Posted June 1, 2008 (updated September 28, 2025) by Patrick
