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Blenheim MkIV

Coastal Command service too, judging by their camouflage. Or Royal Hellenic Airforce? 

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Interesting to see a few Bisleys behind the Dakota. 

A toastie warm Friday & Saturday, spent at The Tank Museum.

Along with the usual exhibits, guest appearances from the newly restored Ha-Go, the Panther Ausf A from Saumur, the Weald's Jagdpanther (Steering brakes playing up, so did a lap of the arena only)  & one of their Stugs (Went tech, I suspect, so didn't run), plus the newly restored Matilda II from the museum's collection (Which was also playing up in the heat) & the newly loaned Churchill MkIII.. 

The BBMF's Dakota, was given the serial ZA947, in July 1979, as original serial number is (currently) unknown. 

It was originally made for the USAAC, then transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force, then came to the RAE in April 1969. It was originally given the serial KG661, until it was found that this Dakota had been destroyed in December '44.

The Fw190 pictured, is from Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 (SKG 10)  a bomber unit, so has appropriate unit codes.

That'll keep lawyers in business for many years.

Been sat for 65 years, mind you, it is Russian.

5 Shermans trundling around on BBC 2 currently.

There were still "Civil" airliners running during the war, under the auspices of BOAC.

Multiple Aircraft Repair Units covering North Africa & the Middle East. https://www.rafweb.org/Members Pages/Unt Histories/Maintenance Units etc/RSUs.htm

Overloon have examples of the M4, 5 & 6 HST! http://preservedtanks.com/Locations.aspx?LocationCategoryId=11400

Saw this, a hint that he's possibly getting a bit old to be jumping out of planes?

Wanstone farm battery?

Top one certainly looks like a chunk of Cromwell engine deck. http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/12/stuff_eng_lindgren_cromwell.htm 

Yes, a G13. Diesel engine a dead give away. 

One wonders what the law is in the Ukraine, re exporting of stuff like this?

November 1918, was one of the coldest of the 20th Century. 

Owner found he couldn't make money out of it? Looks a bit pricey, as Tanks-A lot have 4 for sale, £6-9K for the Mk1/2 & £15K for a MkIV? 

Like all these programs, made for the general public, not the knowledgeable enthusiast.  I saw one a few days back, they were searching for a Schwimwagen in Normandy. 

Found it "eventually", in a farmer's barn. A bit of a rusty bodyshell, with what appears to be shrapnel damage. Still got its SS registration plate visible.

Old French farmer wouldn't part with it, even at Euros 60K!

Interesting to see what's still out there.

Treat it as a bit of entertainment, same as the other stuff on the History Channel, where clips of Spitfire MkXIVs are seen, when the Battle of Britain is discussed!

I believe one of them has donated a propeller to the one restored by the Pearsons.

Many of the early armoured cars were simply armour plates attached to the chassisof a  touring car.

The Belgian Minerva, for example. A little more advanced, in that it had an armoured door to close the radiator off & a small shield for the gunner. http://www.landships.info/landships/car_articles.html?load=car_articles/Minerva.html

Ooooops!

Looks like some silly bugger thought Norway's in the tropics, or climate change has warmed it up!

3 hours ago, matchlesswdg3 said:

Just read about the BoB film in the current edition of "Britain at War".  The flight of Hurricanes in the film was composed of the only three flying planes they could scrape together, augmented by a bunch of the Buchon "Me 109s!  Must have another look at the film and check!  

The clip posted by TonyB shows it. First 3 aircraft are the real Hurricanes, the three in the background are Buchons. Here's one of them. http://warbirds.wikia.com/wiki/File:Hurrischmitt6.jpg

31 minutes ago, Baz48 said:

Just noticed the asking price for this vehicle very deep pockets £22.500 an eye watering amount 

Since there are Willy's Jeeps on there, for up to £25k, then I suppose it's not that much. 

We're now down to single figures for BoB surviving pilots.