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Nice pics sunny. I like the 190G shot.
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Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
As interesting to me, and I hope visitors as well is the construction and wealth of markings that appear on military equipment. In an effort to make this site "even more interesting" although I know some people still find the whole idea of getting excited by rusty artefacts as peculiar (to put it politely). I would like to thank my good friend Waleed from Denmark, who has produced several renditions of equipment for the site. Two examples you can see above.On the left are examples of Axis weapons ordnance. We have already illustrated USA headstamps, so it seemed appropriate that we show items "from the other side" as well. You will also notice two examples of 7.92mm "drill" ammunition.On the right is Waleeds fantastic illustration of the German training stick grenade M1924 (übungshandgranate 24), pristine examples of which we have shown before, elsewhere in the museum.Waleeds artwork hopefully gives a clear idea of the construction of this hand grenade, based on the fragmentary remains of one found in Denmark!The handles for these grenades were identical to those used for conventional M1924 grenades, except that there was no explosive charge or detonator. The remains of this example still clearly showed the waffenamt, or inspectors stamps on both the woodwork and the metal head, which was painted red.
The items on this page are some of the very interesting items recovered from a recently identified crsah site. According to locals the B17 which had come down in Germany, near Koblenz was from a Canadian unit.Certainly the marque of aircraft is not in doubt, as can be clearly seen in the manufacturers plate below right. This was once a B17G.A number of locals were interviewed who appeared to recall the tragedy of this aircraft coming down. Their voices becoming softer and their faces vacant as they re-lived those moments.60 years on and the airmen who died here (locals say at least 3 of the crew perished) are remembered as unfortunate young men who died far from their homes and families. During the excavations so far we have ascertained that the B17 made a shallow landing (none of the cockpit items here were deeper than 30cm from the surface. Also at least one parachute has been found, as well as pieces of gloves. The Boost Gauge (bottom right) may in fact be from another loss, as British systems used Lbs/Sq. inch whereas the American Boost system was calibrated in inches of Mercury("Hg).
This is a german army pocket watch from WW2. The watch is totally original and 100% genuine. The watch is made by Arsa and the makers name is clearly shown on the dial. The watch has a black dial and is marked on the back D 5551 H which is the german stamping for the period.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
Nice, reminds me of Saskatchewan except Tuscany has hills.
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Nice pics sunny.
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"Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
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Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London
