martylee

Norway is a great place with lot's of ww2 history, and also older history as you mention Tony. I haven't been that far north either so I better go there some day. Perhaps I should join you! As I've mentioned before I'd really like to visit Jersey as well. In june there's an event in Harstad which is in a really interesting area. Just found out that there are a couple landingships in tha area as well... :-) I don't think they will be at the event, but my imagination started flowing. They're not ww2, but still! Marty

Like I didn't know that it was expensive in Norway. Marty

Very good! Here it's raining, so you timed these pictures just perfectly! Thanks! Marty

I forgot to mention that a friend of mine has one of the life boats from the Tirpitz. I will have to visit him and his collection later this summer, will of course bring the camera along with me. As for the area the Tirpitz lived in here's a couple of photos of that area. A friend of mine took these at her hometown. These are the fjords where the Tirpitz hid. It really is beautiful Bodge! Marty

Here's a list of other museums worth visiting. http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=162 Marty

I haven't been to the museum either since it's very far to the north and actually further away than you are!!! Norway has a really long coast and as you may know is shaped like a guitar. However their net adress is: http://www.tirpitz-museum.no The museum opened in 2005 and has a lot of photos and what they say is an extensive collection of equipment. The founder of the museum received a cultural award for his work for the last 25 years trying to show the ships history, which is also really interesting. The steel plates from the hull of the ship is still in use in road work in the capitol Oslo. Of course the ship was cut up after the war. The steel is still in great shape. Check out these photos from the museum: http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n275/Stian_he/Bunker%20Tirpitzmuseet/? This is a really nice part of the country, with lots of really nice people around. So I can recommend a visit to the area. Lot's of old war installations around. And still is a important area for the armed forces. Hopefully this helps you a bit! Marty

Nice! I migth take to air one of these days! Looks like a lot of fun, but your planes is way out of my league yet! Marty

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Nope I was thinking of the smaller one, the green one... Marty

This one surely looks like one of the better ones. Unfortunately I'm busy at that time. Can anyone tell me what that little boat in the pictures is. I'm thinking of the little green one in the 2007 photos. Marty

Hmmm.... I don't know either. Because of it's square look I think that perhaps it's russian or austrian!??? But I don't no diddly! Marty

Sure thing! Next meeting is on october. I do believe they have ordered the same weather! :-) Marty

Thanks for sharing these great photos. It's a good thing that even more took part this year. Do you believe that this means the interest for our hobby is growing, or is it that more peole have learned about this Rally? Marty

Blimey! I just realsides that after many years of admiring american vehicles and stuff, I've aquired a taste for the british as well. Not only the military related stuff. The latest soundbook I listened to was Sherlock Holmes Hound of Baskerville, I just finished a cup of tea and some bread with marmelade. I've gotten intrested in steam engines. I do belive I've gotten the british desease... But how can you not after seeing wonderful photos like these. I love the english countryside! Thanks for sharing!!! :-) Marty

Very good photos, from something that must have been a fantastic show. Marty

Let these be the last photos of my trip to Trandum. One nice camper. The end! Marty

Might be hard to see what's going on here, but this is a very steep hill. Another hill, but equalley difficult to get good photos with a small compact camera. Marty

Here's a few off-road photos. Didn't take that many since I was busy driving myself. It's always those crowds with jeeps that cause the traffic to jam. Finally we got going. But then again the jeeps stopped to do something... A photo taken on the run, which shows you what the condition was like. A series of a jeep playing. (My friend and neighbour) Marty

I guess why is always the big question! But here's the story for you. This went on in the periode 1941-1944. 136 of the norwegians were executed for illegal work and 37 were executed without any sentence. 2 were executed for "the Televaag incident", where two Gestapo soldiers were shot during an attempt of escape to England. Some of the people killed were suspected of blowing up a transport train in the city of Mjondalen. The russians executed were escaped prisoners and 5 of the british were commandoes from the gliders that made a emergency landing while preparing the assault on Rjukans heavy water factory. The 6th R.P. Evans were everly wouned during the failed attempt to attack Tirpitz in november 1942. He was left behind since they believed that he would be treated as a prisoner since he was in english uniform. What happened was that the germans brought him to a hospital and nursed him till he was well. Then they took him into the woods and shot him. Makes perfect sense doesn't it!? Oscar Hans was the man behind all these and what is really scary is that all the soldiers volenteered for this executions, since it was an honor to kill these patriots. This all went on in secret. There was curfew at the camp when the prisoners were shot. Actually it was a german soldier who sneaked out out and found out about this. He told some norwegians who kept it secret until the war was over. Thanks to the information from this soldiers they found the graves and got hold of Oscar Hans. After the war they found the rest of the execution squad and they were sentenced to death by hanging since they had volunteered for this duty. Oscar hans was part of the military chain of command so he was only imprisoned a short while. I hope this answers your question Jack. It's a ugly story, but I'm glad you asked. Marty

Wow! This looks really nice! And feel free to share more photos if you got them! Marty

Once again, very nice photos! You certainly can be trusted as supplier of great ww1 photos. Very good! Marty

My son is 8 weeks tomorrow, so thank you for giving me some advice. This is a little advice I picked up this weekend... Marty

Having said that this was the cavalery training grounds there a few things around that dates back to the war. There's a tunnel for testing cannons. And during the war the germans also killed 173 norwegians, 6 britons and 15 russions in these woods. Several witout trial. These are buried around in the woods, so you might run into places that have crosses. There's also a monument as the photos show. Marty Marty

Another intresting paintjob on a Dodge... Marty

What do you think about this one? I had a chat with the owner. He and his girlfriend had restored it together. They had found USAF color and marking beneath the paint and decided to go for it. They said that the woodworks wasn't original, but since it looked o good they decided to keep it unpainted. The paint is also a bit brighter, but in a few years that won't be a problem. I really liked it and their thoughts on it. Marty