On 03/09/2014 18:46, Lab Lover wrote:
>
>> On 02/09/2014 20:48, John Szalay wrote:
>>> a2dnZ2d@giganews.com:
>>>
>>>> On 01/09/2014 20:25, Lab Lover wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Useful bit of armament that!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I,ve got a photo on my old computer of the quad-50
>>> mounted on a 2 1/2 truck, with the brass remains of one nights
>>> firing on the VC. they used 7000 rounds in the dark..
>>> rough night...
>>>
>>
>> It was on display with this half track, on which type of vehicle it
>> would have been mounted.
>>
>> These pictures were taken at the Memorial Pegasus Museum in France at
>> the scene of the first Allied capture of D-Day, literally within the
>> first minutes of 6 June 1944. This was achieved by British airborne
>> troops with the capture of what is now known as Pegasus Bridge.
>>
>> Having been a paratrooper and worn the Pegasus badge on my arm it was of
>> personal interest.
>>
>
> Great story and picture, we need more of this kind of stuff in this group!
>
Thank you Lab Lover, and I heartily agree with you. Over the years I
have posted a great deal, as with the aviation newsgroup, both of which
seem to be sinking slowly into the west, which is a terrible shame.
This year I have done a Normandy Landings Battlefield Tour and an Arnhem
Tour, as it is the 70th anniversary of both of them, and I'm in course
of preparing pictures from both of them for publication here. However,
my dear wife is now insisting that we have a holiday together rather
than me wandering about Europe without her, and that is taking priority
at the moment. Next week, in fact.
Soon I shall swing back into action.
Regards,
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