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Photo of my grandfather, a Renault FT-17 tank driver in 1940

Kermit3D

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A picture I like a lot of my grandfather. He was a Renault FT-17 tank driver in 1940
A tank designed during the ww1, still in use during the ww2 !

I also have a picture of him with a beautiful leather jacket from the French army, I have to find it...

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Kermit3D

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I found other pictures of my grandfather and many other documents, including a notebook where he tells all his military service during the beginning of the Second World War !
On these pictures, he is wearing a leather jacket "modèle 35". It is the the French tank crews jacket.

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Pilot

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I found other pictures of my grandfather and many other documents, including a notebook where he tells all his military service during the beginning of the Second World War !
On these pictures, he is wearing a leather jacket "modèle 35". It is the the French tank crews jacket.

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Nice photos of your father.
Here is the french leather tankist jacket.... but a WW1 version.
Came in as a trade in.
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Kermit3D

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My father confirmed that my grandfather's tanker jacket is missing. He told me that my grandfather got rid of all military equipment after the war. I can understand that, but I still wish I had that jacket as a souvenir.
 
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