"Joe Ekins: The Tank Gunner Who Took Out the Black Baron" Topic

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Tango01	19 Aug 2023 8:56 p.m. PST
… and Three Tigers "Starting out as an employee at a shoe factory, 17-year-old Joe Ekins never could have imagined he would be credited with taking out not just one German Tiger tank, but three. Serving as a gunner in France during Operation Overlord, and with little training on how to fire the gun of a Sherman Firefly, he successfully fought back against the Germans. Joe Ekins was born on July 15, 1923 in Yielden, Northamptonshire. When he was 17 years old and working at a shoe factory, he volunteered with the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry, feeling it was his moral obligation to aid in the fight against Germany. After minimal training, Ekins was assigned as a Sherman Firefly gunner with A Squadron…" Main page link Armand
Col Piron	20 Aug 2023 12:03 a.m. PST
Seems a Canadian took him out ? link
42flanker	21 Aug 2023 1:44 a.m. PST
Wasn't it was Snoopy?

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