Last additions - Johan Falkenbergs fotosamling
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falkenberg015.jpg2699 viewsThe brand new trucks belonging to the unit. Setermoen, note mountain Storala in the background. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg011.jpgTransporting the battery, officers on a ferry in Northern Norway.2287 viewsJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg004.jpgSetermoen3531 viewsSetermoen photo. A jolly-looking group of Norwegian soldiers. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg040.jpg2040 views"Lotter". Wherever the battery was emplaced, local women would feed the soldiers, doing their part for the war effort. Southern Norway, around April 20-25. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg039.jpg1663 viewsThe bridge over the lake Mjøsa has been blown. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg036.jpg1756 viewsThe final dinner.... This was to mark the end of the NCO training undertaken at Rjukan. This is the evening of April 8th. During this very dinner, the phone would later ring, announcing the German invasion of Norway... Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg021.jpgOlsborg, Bardufoss2264 viewsOlsborg (Nord for Bardufoss) og at den krysser Målselva. 700 M SØR for krysset E6 og Riksvei 854 - Freddy FenderJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg017.jpgSetermoen1964 viewsOptical rangefinder. Not quite sure, but possibly of Swiss manufacture. These were very expensive pieces of equipment at the time. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg013.jpgM/S Foucauld2579 viewsThe ferry is being overtaken by a larger passenger vessel.
Turistbåten på bildet er franske M/S Foucauld på 11028 tonn, bygget for rederiet Compagnie des Chargeurs Reunis i 1923 som
kombinert laste- og passasjerskip D/S L'Hoedic. Skipet ble ombygget til dieseldrevet turistskip i 1929 og gitt navnet M/S Foucauld.
Skipet gikk tapt 15.juni 1940 i La Pallice etter et tysk flyangrep; EspenAJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg012.jpg1748 viewsJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg008.jpgAt the firing range, Setermoen. Rifles are Krag-Joergensen 6,5 mm2408 viewsJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg002.jpgRjukan3576 viewsThis was taken at Rjukan in Southern Norway, April 1940. The war will come to Norway in a few days...These guys are frolicking in the spring sun, rather than manning their central sight. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg037.jpgPreparing the guns.1728 viewsJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg038.jpg1662 views7,5 cm FlaK guns employed, believed to be outside Oslo. These guns were of Norwegian design and production. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg035.jpg1931 viewsAll those who have served in the armed forces know this situation..after gun practise, the inevitable cleaning. Colt M/29 machine guns.Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg032.jpgSki patrol, Rjukan.1741 viewsJun 17, 2009
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