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From the same day, perhaps a bit less well known:
And it appears Winston wasn't above test driving a local product...
Note that the Sten is a Mk. II prototype with a front sling swivel mounted on the front of the barrel nut.
The gentleman at extreme left is Turpin; officer at Churchill's right is Shepherd (S and T of STen), man on his left in striped double breasted suit is Mr. Thompson, his bodyguard. Thompson carried a .32 auto. On the table, in addition to the extra magazines, you can see the butt of what appears to be a prototype Mk. I Sten.
Bomber Esso ....MAN...does that bring back memories.
I spend a bit of time wandering around and in the Lanc and there was also a Kittyhawk at the same location at the rear.
The Lanc was put back in the air and as Rob said, crashed into a hay stack.
Great old memories of that pair of kits.......
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I spend a bit of time wandering around and in the Lanc and there was also a Kittyhawk at the same location at the rear.
The Lanc was put back in the air and as Rob said, crashed into a hay stack.
Great old memories of that pair of kits.......
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I remember reading somewhere that this knife was called a V42. I believe it was only issued to the 1st special service force.
Made by Böker, a German company... Hmmmm...
Wikipedia had some info on this knife. Here is a link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-42_stiletto
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Quote Originally Posted by Rob View Post
Re: Bomber Service
"What happened to it? Anybody have any knowledge on this? Is it still a gas station?"
I remember how we kids could get up inside the bomber. My dad went there for gas sometimes in the 1950's. He told me that the bomber had been bought at a war surplus auction by some friends of his east of Red Deer who thought they could use it for crop dusting, but they crashed it and so it ended on display at Bomber Service. I think the gas station disappeared around 1960 or so...maybe a bit later. It was located just south of Red Deer on the east side of the Calgary-Edmonton highway about halfway between the city limits and what is now Gasoline Alley. I don't know what happened to the plane.
Unless I am mistaken that Lancaster was restored in the Calgary Bomber Command Museum keeping company with several other restored period aircraft in Nanton Alberta.
Google the Nanton Bomber Command Museum. If you get the chance to go through it, don't pass it by.
Re: Bomber Service
"What happened to it? Anybody have any knowledge on this? Is it still a gas station?"
I remember how we kids could get up inside the bomber. My dad went there for gas sometimes in the 1950's. He told me that the bomber had been bought at a war surplus auction by some friends of his east of Red Deer who thought they could use it for crop dusting, but they crashed it and so it ended on display at Bomber Service. I think the gas station disappeared around 1960 or so...maybe a bit later. It was located just south of Red Deer on the east side of the Calgary-Edmonton highway about halfway between the city limits and what is now Gasoline Alley. I don't know what happened to the plane.
Unless I am mistaken that Lancaster was restored in the Calgary Bomber Command Museum keeping company with several other restored period aircraft in Nanton Alberta.
Google the Nanton Bomber Command Museum. If you get the chance to go through it, don't pass it by.
For those who like Battlecruisers;
Clydebank Battlecruisers Forgotten Photographs From John Brown's Shipyard By Johnston, Ian
Battlecruisers By Roberts, John Arthur (British )
The Battlecruiser Hood By Roberts, John Arthur
German Battlecruisers of World War One Their Design, Construction and Operations By Staff, Gary
Clydebank Battlecruisers Forgotten Photographs From John Brown's Shipyard By Johnston, Ian
Battlecruisers By Roberts, John Arthur (British )
The Battlecruiser Hood By Roberts, John Arthur
German Battlecruisers of World War One Their Design, Construction and Operations By Staff, Gary
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I picked up one of these Boker repros when we were at the Ft Harrison 1SSF museum last month. The set included as seen, the shoulder patch, the "greeting card", history booklet, and the leather scabbard, all in a fitted box for $85US.
Just like it looks in the photo here.
I saw the repros that were being recently produced by Case. They were very nice, but from what I remember they were $550Can.
BTW, the museum was, to say the least, disappointing. Kit shop had some good shirts, books, decals, etc. and the folks there were nice, but the displays were wanting. At least that's my opinion.
Well, they were designed to kill Germans, that's why I thought it was a bit funny that a German company was doing a faithful reproduction.
Might be a Plainfield "Enforcer" pistol version of the M1 Carbine...they started making them in '64.
O would say it's a cut down M2 judging from the looks of the chopped pistol grip and no front sight.
There was a lot of WWII stuff there. The French used a lot of US equipment there as well before the US got involved. They didn't get M16s until the war was well under way.
