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Looks close to where Mark Whitmore thought Mephisto had got stuck.
A7V #542 went into a sand pit a bit further west from this location - again poor visibility and the difficulty of driving the A7V with an all round blind zone.
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Rainer S describes 542 as Elfriede elsewhere in the Tankograd book. See p 29, description of Abt 2 at V-B, and in the tiny print on p 46, Deployments and Engagements.
I think I remember noticing the omission when I first got the book. All the evidence appears to back it up. See this British description:
-- Edited by James H on Thursday 10th of May 2018 08:35:48 AM
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That's an interesting question. Rainer Strasheim in his Tankograd book on the A7V doesn't quote a name for #542.
That's the way how things happen - sometimes. The individual profiles were written with only the tank numbers as headers. The editor then decided to add the names to the headers - but missed out adding "Elfriede" to Tank 542, which was easy because the profile didn't mention the name. - Well, everybody knows that 542 was "Elfriede"...
