The finishing touches are of course all the stowage, markings and such. I enjoy making the vehicle as complete as possible and the challenge of finding all of the correct stowage items makes it an ongoing task. The British Army published very comprehensive stowage charts and lists, what today would be known as CES. Finding these items 60 years on [...]
22-24 June 2012 Armour & Embarkation is an ‘experience’ to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the build of D-Day here in Dorset England. The largest collection of World War II tanks and armoured vehicles since WW2 will descend upon Dorset on the weekend of the 23rd & 24th June 2012 in a fascinating historical recreation event called Armour & Embarkation. [...]
The grandson of a decorated World War I veteran had searched in vain for years for his late grandfather’s missing war medals. One of them finally turned up, a Victory Medal being auctioned for less than $2 on eBay. “I sent a message to the seller straight away. I suppose I should have bid for it because the starting price [...]
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Foundas is an active history buff. And active is putting it lightly. Using personal funds, Foundas jumps out vintage air planes as a “living interpreter” of World War II military history. He’s part of the Liberty Jump Team and participated in parachute jumps commemorating the 1944 Allied Invasion of Normandy, June 2-6. Foundas and the Liberty Jump [...]
A NATIONAL war memorial commemorating the 1.7million men and woman who died during the first and second world wars is planned for Dover’s white cliffs. The names of all the servicemen and women, merchant navy personnel and civilians who died in defence of the British Isles will be inscribed on the wall, which will be built at Western Heights, according [...]
Sixty-eight years after its finest hour, Britain’s last World War II Motor Gunboat is at the centre of a new adventure. “MGB 81 and small craft like her kept the beaches safe from marauding Nazi warships, allowing the Allied armies to get safely ashore,” reads a plea issued by a group of Coastal Forces veterans at Gunwharf Quays Marina. “Boats [...]
Next thing to do is the turret. As with most restorations, the first thing to do is dismantle it. As previously mentioned, the breech ring was missing so it was a simple matter to pull the tube out from the bottom. Both the mantlet and the shield are held in with slot head countersunk screws, the mantlet using four 5/8″ [...]
It was almost twenty years to the day that Amelia and I arrived at the gates of Station 121, Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, walking in the footstep of this 17 year old student with his Mum, Dad and Uncle and hundreds of combat flyers decades earlier. The strong wind howling across the vast openness of grass and concrete was just the same [...]
The Tank Museum has obtained a collection of vehicles which will be on public display for the first time at TANKFEST. A regular source of acquisitions has historically been through military and Ministry of Defence Channels. This group is no exception, having been released by the Defence Academy at Shrivenham where they formed part of the military teaching collection. “These [...]
Here’s another straightforward review to rattle through. This clever book provides a wealth of information on how to research the lives of your WW2 ancestors and is a really handy tool for explaining the highs and lows of finding the military past of your cherished relatives. It comes in the form of pen portraits of an interesting collection of individuals [...]
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