Tony Brown
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Water Well Drilling, Sapper, History enthusiast, Military Vehicle collector, Suffolk
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Take a minute to look at this video, each one of these tiny aircraft on this glass sculpture represents a USAAF aircraft that was lost flying from Great Britain during WW2 🇺🇸🇬🇧
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Have we sunk so low as a country that the Met Police do not know the significance of the Cenotaph . It is not a bloody hat stand
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Today got invited along to a memorial service and Headstone Dedication in Kedington to a local lad George Smith who in 1943 aged 20 went to the aid of the crew of a Stirling Bomber that had crashed in the village. He rescued one man but on returning to the aircraft to rescue 1/2
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At the End of the War Bristol Aircraft Factory worker Ralph Nelson used this Mk1 Blenheim cockpit to make an electric car that he drove around the City for 10 years.
It is now the cockpit of the restored and only flying MK1 Blenheim 🇬🇧
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Some Dutch lads have turned up with a MK7 Churchill Crocodile flamethrower
Listen to that Vauxhall engine 🙂
#Arnhem80
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Well that was a bit of an adventure. Just drove my Ferret from Ashford in Kent up to Suffolk. 110 miles via M20, Dartford Tunnel, M25 and M11
She had not been started for 6 months so I was expecting a few problems, but ran like a sewing machine all the way home 🇬🇧🙂
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Wing Commander Ken Wallis DSO MBE. WW2 Bomber Command and inventor. Builder of Autogyros, at one time held 34 flying World Records
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Today 80 years on after six years of raising money the people of the Kedington Air Memorial Group rectified that 🙂
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Last year bumped into this fella 10 miles from home. The last time I had got this close was 40 years ago on a windswept airfield 8000 miles away 🙂
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With the release of 'Masters of the Air' it's worthwhile looking at this stunning tribute to the lost men of the USAAF in Great Britain during WW2
#MastersOfTheAir
Take a minute to look at this video, each one of these tiny aircraft on this glass sculpture represents a USAAF aircraft that was lost flying from Great Britain during WW2 🇺🇸🇬🇧
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Last man of the original LRDG. Former SAS and MI6 agent, 103 years old Mike Sadler passes away.
Obituary ⬇️
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A Medal that you do not see very often these days as the last veterans are in ther 80s and 90s. 70 years ago this year the Korean war ended. Nearly 1100 British KIA with 81000 serving
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On this day 1805 the Royal Navy defeated the combined fleets of the the French and Spanish Navies at Trafalgar
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With this kit you are going to go 8000 miles to a far off Island in the middle of Winter and evict 15000 Argentinians 🇬🇧🙂
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Unbelievable 😂😂😂
I think the Ox and Bucks got waved through in '44 🙂
Video: British paras jumping into Normandy are greeted by French customs
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Most probably the best 1970s picture ever
Peter Arnold (Mr Spitfire) with one of his rescued Aircraft
Be more like Peter in 2024 🙂
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Lord 'Ken' Clarke comes out of this enquiry appallingly, he should be stripped of his title
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Terrible news to hear of the loss of the B17 'Texas Raiders' and five crew in an air accident in Dallas Yesterday (The Aircraft was painted in the colours of the 381st Bomb Group that was based at RAF Ridgewell, Essex during WW2)
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William Wedgwood Benn DSO DFC, father of Labour politician Tony Benn, was the oldest man to fly operationally during WW2; he was born in 1877
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An amazing Gentleman. John Cruickshank VC our last living WW2 VC recipient
Happy Birthday to Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank VC 🇬🇧 104 today.
Born
#onthisday
20 May 1920.
John Alexander Cruickshank VC is a Scottish former banker, former Royal Air Force officer, & a Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC). Cruickshank was awarded the
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Reading about WW2 Arctic Convoys at the moment. Never realised how many German U Boats were sunk by Rocket firing Fairey Swordfish aircraft flown from the escort carriers. Extremely successful
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WW2 B17 Flying Fortress Ball Turret. Extremely cramped and would quickly fill with fumes and spent shell casings when in action. There was no room for a parachute and no escape unless the hatch was correctly aligned with the Aircraft 🇺🇸🙏
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2/3 the next man he trod on a power cable that had been downed when the aircraft crashed. George Smith was killed instantly.
George was a member of the Home Guard but because he was not considered to be on duty at the time he was never given a headstone by the authorities
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Went to look at a job today. Not often you see a Packard Merlin from a crashed Mustang in someone's barn 🙂
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Well the 1955 Scammell Explorer is finished, What do you think ? 🙂
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James Ward VC
Climbed out on to the wing of his stricken Wellington Bomber to attempt to extinguish a fire that endangered the aircraft
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You just never know what is in someone's Garage 🙂
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Just getting ready to leave Son. We have been here for two days, 500 people and 250 vehicles. Nice to see not one pice of litter 🙂
#Arnhem80
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Some of the vehicles arriving back at Groesbeek after a visit to a nearby Town 🇬🇧🇳🇱
#Arnhem80
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Nothing to see here, just a Scammell Explorer towing a TSR2 🇬🇧
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'The Fighting Temeraire' by Joseph Turner 1838
One of the last ships to take part in the Battle of Trafalgar being towed up the Thames to the breakers yard
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Probably the best Lancaster photo that I have ever seen
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Still useful 70 years on 🇬🇧
⚡️🇬🇧British light armored reconnaissance vehicle Ferret Mk.1 of the 50s in use by the 🇺🇦Ukrainian military
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HMS London returns to dock after trying to free HMS Amethyst during the Yangtse incident 1949. Damage received from Communist Chinese guns visible
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40 years ago today the Battle of Goose Green. 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment defeated a much larger Argentine force in a hard won Victory that set the tone for the rest of the Falklands campaign.
Memorial to the fallen overlooking the Battlefield (1984)
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RIP Haverhill DDay Veteran Harry Bowdrey who sadly passed away this week. Harry was a landing craft crewman (LCA) on HMS Prince Baudouin. Assigned to take US Rangers into Omaha Beach as part of Assault Group 04. Harry was a Great character and very proud of his Navy Service
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RAF Bomber command lost more men in one night on the 1944 raid to Nuremberg than Fighter command did in the whole of the Battle of Britain
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As it is the Anniversary of the Battle of Rorkes Drift I thought that I would get the 1875 Martini Henry out for a clean up. It is an Enfield made MK2, but would have originally been made as a MK1
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Just about to start watching the box set of Band of Brothers, never watched the series. Even though I worked at Hatfield Airfield when they were filming it there🙂
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My life is complete. Now the proud owner of a 1942 Bedford MW 🇬🇧🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
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My Brother in laws 1944 Morris C8 GS that we are also taking to Arnhem.
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Actor Donald Pleasence OBE served with Bomber command as a wireless operator during WW2. He completed nearly 60 missions before his aircraft was shot down over France, he was then imprisoned in Stalag luft 1 for the remainder of the war 🇬🇧
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My lovely Daughter Naomi got married today. We are having such a terrific day 🙂🎉🎉🎉
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Big relief, made it to Kent OK after 100 mile trip down the M11,M25 and M20
The old girl did us proud 🇬🇧
Tomorrow to Dover 🙂
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RAF 29 Sqn Phantom on recently completed runway constructed by Royal Engineers 1982, Falkland Islands. Port Stanley in background
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Runway built at Port Stanley by Royal Engineers in 1982.
Had to clear UXBs, unload equipment from ships, build port, fuel systems, start quarry, all from scratch. Completed in four months.
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The 100 Ton Armstrong Gun, Malta.
It took the Royal Engineers 6 months to get it from the Docks and positioned in the Fort. It fired a 1 Ton shell
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British made paper based fuel drop Tanks, 359th Fighter Group, RAF East Wretham
These were one of the unsung inventions of WW2. Helped to Change the fortunes of USAAF operations over occupied Europe
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After today's drive and activities. Now harboured up at Son, just to the NE of Eindhoven
For some reason I am surrounded by Half Tracks 🙂🇳🇱🇬🇧
#Arnhem80
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Today is the first time that she has moved under her own steam for nearly 15 years. Gradually coming back to life 🇬🇧 🙂
Lots more to do
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The defenders of Rorke's Drift: B Company 2/24th Warwickshire Regiment
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40 years ago this week we completed the extended runway at Port Stanley allowing the first RAF Phantom jets to land. The Air Defence of the Falkland Islands was taken over by the RAF from the RN allowing many ships to return home
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Camp preparing for today's move to Joe's Bridge and Valkenswaard.
Goodbye Leopoldsburg and Belgium.
You have been great Hosts
#Arnhem80
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Now at Camp Beverloo, Leopoldsburg for a couple of days while awaiting the rest of the vehicles to assemble.
Nice to meet up with some Dutch Bedford QL owners that are taking part in the 30 Corps run 🙂
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Part of the cargo which included British Motorbikes and Bedford trucks that were lost on the SS Thistlegorm in 1941 when it was sunk by German aircraft in the Red Sea 1941
@ClubEnthusiasts
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Today is Merchant Navy Day. In WW2 alone nearly 40000 merchant navy crew perished transporting vital supplies to aid the war effort.
The Merchant Navy had higher casualties than almost any other of the Armed services
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The Bedford QL is now loaded up and Arnhem 80 ready 🙂
Suffolk to Maidstone on Saturday
Maidstone to Dover on Sunday. Meet up with some pals with vehicles from Guernsey
Monday morning, head to the ferry, crossing to Dunkirk then up to Leopoldsburg 🇬🇧🙂
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Glass Memorial panel depicting USAAF B17 Flying Fortresses that were lost in combat flying from RAF Ridgewell Essex during WW2 🇺🇸🇬🇧
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Band of the Grenadier Guards at the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Leopoldsburg by 30 Corps 🇬🇧 today
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US Aircraft impounded after landing in neutral Switzerland during WW2
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Carry on actor Peter Butterworth was a fleet air arm pilot during WW2. He was shot down over enemy territory in 1940, he made 3 escape attempts. Ended up on Stalag 3 , covered up for the Great escapers as portrayed in the ' Horse vaulting scene'.
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We have an 🇬🇧 Army with less offroad/amphibious load carrying capability than we had sixty years ago
There'll be some that remember these beasts,despite technology advances we've had nothing to compare since the Alvis Stalwart
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Quite an eventful day today. All 250 vehicles travelled one route, in Troops. Each of the ten troops was supposed to have a timed gap. There was a lot of stop, start etc. In the end the QL had enough and played up. Ended up being towed by a half track for a while. Sorted now 🙂
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WW2 Rheinmettal 30mm MK 108 Autocanon as fitted to German fighter aircraft. On average just 4 hits on a B17 flying fortress would destroy it
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Rheinmetall High Mobility 6 tonne load carrier. Powered by MAN 8 litre turbocharged hybrid motor. ZF auto transmission. All wheel Drive
UK MOD 🇬🇧 has shown interest 🙂
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