ford 369
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not only visited the museums but bought one of these masks in Jersey around 10-15 years ago
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as you say Tony panzer abt 213 were the only panzer battalion never to fire a shot in anger although when it arrived in Jersey in march 1942 it was mainly made up of young new recruits but did contain some seasoned veterans and as the war progressed many of the younger recruits were transfered to fight elsewhere Nigel
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Jack will you be at military oddysey and if so can you collect money there Nigel
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german horse gas mask (half) the pointed end goes up the horses nose and is made of bakelite
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thanks for that I have tried the mark lamerton book but what I am really after is pics to check on position etc of tank markings,I spoke to mark but he could not find any good pics but promised to keep looking so when I was in Jersey in may I went to the war tunnels and went through thier records but could only find pics showing the wrong angle or just to poor quality to help,also a friend is looking for details of cmp trucks taken by 135 cheers Nigel
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they wont be any help on the ww1 stuff but may be of some help with the pics,do you by any chance have any pictures of motorcycles with force 135? Nigel
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come on folks dig deep if every body makes a donation it may not reach £300000 but every little helps and clearly the government no longer care about our veterans or our history.I for one will be in Normandy next year and would hate to not see the vets there
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no problem at all what are you looking for in the archives ?because if it is military I found the man at the underground hospital research centre most obliging when I was looking for pictures of force 135 vehicles Nigel
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nice job so far but what are the items in the bed of the truck?they look like parts of a pontoon bridge Nigel
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great looking truck it reminds me of one I had on my model railwat when I was a kid good luck and watch the paint on that entrance
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the tanks in Jersey were part of panzer abteilung 213 but I had to look that up Nigel
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dont forget the renailt char b1 tanks used in the islands one of which is currently on displat at the underground hospital Nigel
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for anyone interested in the bunkers in Jersey check out the unseen jersey web forum ,there is some great stuff on there Nigel
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the tunnel used for mushroom cultivation is a place I have seen many times and would love to visit as the cios did recently and I did in fact once see someone unlocking the gates as I drove past so parked up the road and walked back but unfortunately missed them but I shall try again when I am over in november Nigel
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I read through the whole thread attached to the blog last night and it is indeed fascinating stuff and definitely something I would love to find in my garden,just not sure that I would like to have my home occupied for 5 years to get it though.Ithink Ricks confusion as to the location of St Peters must stem fromGuernseys main town being St Peter Port As Tony says St Peters valley is indeed a very historic place in terms of ww2 and I have seen it compared to the valley of the kings for bunker archeologists Nigel
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I know it is short notice but here goes anyway there is a classic vehicle show on tonight on the green Croxley Green herts there was a hell of a lot of vehicles last year and plenty of public but virtually nothing military,just my b40 as far as I can remember,so if you are local and at a loose end why not come along.Free entry to all no age limit for vehicles and a couple of decent pubs nearby
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I think the person you are looking for is colinr ,if you look him up in the members list you can contact him via pm ,hope this helps
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packard? looks more like a" packing case" to me
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easy homework that one just showed her my record collection,my wardrobe and took a few pictures of the cars and bikes in the garage Nigel
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Mine often said would do better if he attended more fortunately my daugters are better she got highly commended on her ww2 history and sixties lifestyle homework cant see where she got that from Nigel
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PS beers good too
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all aspects of history but particularly ww1/ww2 ,collecting militaria ,classic carsand bikes rockabilly music and last but by no means least my family
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looking forward to Detling this year as I have not been for three years and also because from Detling on satueday its a night in a motel and then early eurostar to Calais and a steady drive down to Ivy House Normandy to torture the family with another weeks ww2 history lessons ,I bet they cant wait either Nigel
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thanks for sharing the pictures folks ,I spent from 9am to 7.30 pm on thursday looking around and apart from a quick visit and much needed beer with fc101daz about 5pm I was on the move all day and still missed at least half the vehicles in the pictures,I really must go for a few days next year cheers ,Nigel
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mobile airfield control vehicle?