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| Airsoft air-gun range for the kids (and even I had a go) |
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| George Crosses awarded to employees at the gunpowder mills for staying at their posts when nearby huts exploded. |
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| German Heavy Machine Gun |
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| Parade of Vehicles |
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| American Trucks |
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| An assortment of bomb disposal equipment |
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| A British PIAT anti tank launcher |
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| Explosives, grenades and sticky bombs! |
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| German field maps |
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| Bedford Truck |
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| German Pak Anti Tank gun |
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| Spitfire display |
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| Start of the re-enactement battle |
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| British Para's attack |
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| Jeep mounted Para's ride into battle |
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| American & British Airborne Troops working side by side |
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| Job done the Para's leave the field to the Americans |
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| Germans counter-attack, bringing in some HMG's |
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| Having captured the Americans the Germans prepare to defend their ground |
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| Fallschirmjäger |
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| Here come the Para's again! |
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| Supported by the Essex Regiment |
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| Go get em boys! |
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| Now this just isn't Cricket... |
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| By the British sweep the field and win the battle at the end of the day. |
A pretty good display and I managed to bag a good position for the main battle, away from the crowds and with a good view of the whole site. The weather stayed good all day which always helps these sort of events and made up for Saturday and Sunday which were a bit on the cold side. Oh and I even managed to pick up some low priced modelling tools from a guy selling scale models so I call that a result.
Great pics Lee, wonder if Smiffy was there???
ReplyDeleteYeh, I saw him and had a chat. He was in the battle as well but I didn't get any good photo's of him.
DeleteLovely post, nice photos. Interesting mix of German Uniforms - Fallschirmjäger, Gebirgsjäger and Heer, and a guy in a Luftwaffe Feldgendarmie uniform. Great reference material for modellers and gamers!
ReplyDeleteNice mix of uniforms and vehicles. I liked the bit about the George Medals. That couldn't have been a fun place to work at during the Blitz but as they used to say, essential work.
ReplyDeleteVery brave men indeed. They were working on Nitroglycerine which was at a critical and volatile stage when an explosion in a nearby area caused a chain reaction of explosions and fires across the site. Despite the fact that their building was damaged in the blast and debris was falling all around these guys remained at their posts until the Nitro could be stabilised.
DeleteVery interesting. Great pics. cheers
ReplyDeleteThe Fallschirmjäger is me.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics mate!!