iltisman Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Spotted this on another forum http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/805 Nice video and in the info on the page it mentions burying aircraft and equipment when they left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) ....mentions burying aircraft and equipment when they left. .....0nly for it to be dug up some 65 years later :-) Some of the remains being excavated here are reputed to have come from the boneyard at Pulham Market, shown in such fascinating detail in this video footage. Edited December 11, 2011 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) What a great piece of history, surprised to see a GMC 352 near the end of the video. The artillery were short of them but they seemed to turn up in all sorts of places and situations. Thanks for posting. Edited December 11, 2011 by Degsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) It would appear that a local 'detective' has formally identified the entire route of the road journey undertaken in this video - so I suspect that as soon as the salt has disappeared from the roads, a modern version (with period vehicles of course) may be in the making :cool2: Edited December 11, 2011 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Funnily enough that was the first thing I thought of when I watched the video, that will be a great 'then and now'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 The scene driving down a built-up high street shows on the right Mulley's Garage with a couple of pumps on the pavement. Jack Mulley will probably be a familiar name to the pre-ww2 boys as he was a very early pioneer of commercial vehicle preservation. I don't know if he had any ex military vehicles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Clive Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 It would appear that a local 'detective' has formally identified the entire route of the road journey undertaken in this video - so I suspect that as soon as the salt has disappeared from the roads, a modern version (with period vehicles of course) may be in the making :cool2: I have been called many things in my time (most of which being totally unrepeatable on such a family orientated forum), but a 'local detective' really takes the biscuit ! "Evening all.........!" PS - Watch this space regarding the details of a future WWII convoy related event following the exact Suffolk roads taken in the aforementioned East Anglian Film Archive black and white footage of Honington Airfield. Now if NOS really got his act together and finished his Autocar in time, he could have a starring role in recreating the exact vehicle coming the other direction in the exact location, now positively identified from the WWII footage..............Food for thought ay Tony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Now that's a challenge for you Tony:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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