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german horse gas mask (half) the pointed end goes up the horses nose and is made of bakelite

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

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

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

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

nice job so far but what are the items in the bed of the truck?they look like parts of a pontoon bridge

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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

the tanks in Jersey were part of panzer abteilung 213 but I had to look that up

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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

for anyone interested in the bunkers in Jersey check out the unseen jersey web forum ,there is some great stuff on there

Nigel

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

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

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

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

packard? looks more like a" packing case" to me

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

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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

PS beers good too

all aspects of history but particularly ww1/ww2 ,collecting militaria ,classic carsand bikes rockabilly music and last but by no means least my family

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

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

mobile airfield control vehicle?

funny you should mention wall art in german bunkers only today I was looking at some pictures I took last year at battery mirus of some paintings that had survived in tact but have recently been grafitied overaccording to a conversation I had in Jersey back in may

, Nigel

great pictures Jack and almost exactly the same as the ones I took when I did this flight from Jersey in may except mine have all the little scratches from the perspex windows showing on them and you are right about Utah it is a great place which is precisely why I am off there again in late august

Nigel

We're going to have some co-ordination then. I'd love to do 'visitng forces' to other groups.

Don't forget 2010 will be the 65th anniversary of the Liberation of the Channel Islands!

going to Normandy with at least one bike but hopefully two along with a large group of ww2 allied bikes and already decided to do Jersey 65th anniversary a year later but will have bikes remarked as force 135 by then

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