SiegeGunner Posted 22 September , 2006 Share Posted 22 September , 2006 Mick, isn't this a WW1 UAV? No — according to 'The Wing', No 48, Christmas 1918 (journal of RAF Felixstowe), and a newspaper article published 'on the eve of the separation trials of the Mayo Composite', the idea was to that flying boats carrying a fighter aircraft would fly standing patrols over the North Sea, looking for incoming Zeppelins. The fighter would then be released to engage the Zeppelin and still have sufficient fuel to return to land. The flying boat would stooge around at a safe distance and attempt to rescue the pilot if the fighter went into the sea; otherwise it would follow the homeward route of the fighter to ensure that it reached land safely. The trial was certainly successful, but I don't know whether the idea was ever put into practice. Mick PS. Ian: Von Airfix-Revell and the Pour le Café — brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Take on me Posted 22 September , 2006 Share Posted 22 September , 2006 You may well be right, and I have been caught by a rogue dealer on ebay I believe this award came in several levels: Full-cream Half-cream Fat-free Be really careful, I once got had when I went for a Full-Cream at half the usual price. It turned out to be from the famous forgers of ''sour and pierce(d)''! Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 23 December , 2007 Share Posted 23 December , 2007 Hi verybody, Starting with Egberts pics, I made the difficult exercise to seek for proof of the pics Egbert that posted, and after considerable time I found it In attach pic of the bunker in the dunes. Because of the brewery in it, it is well camouflaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 23 December , 2007 Share Posted 23 December , 2007 The same bunker after the war, without camouflage The roof has a special shape because of the boilers of the brewery inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 23 December , 2007 Share Posted 23 December , 2007 I even found a pic of the dugout/tunnel during WWI (see post 25) pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 23 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2007 So it took a while until you actually found "my" bunkersystem. Hope you do not tell others about the exact location; though there are similarities to those pics posted in post #49 ff, the system seems to have changed in the last 1.5 years. Looks like the local Flemish beachcomber indeed misuse the relict as a brewery today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 23 December , 2007 Share Posted 23 December , 2007 Egbert, I even found a pic of clients of teh brewery in WWI Seems the beer was heavy stuff, no ersatz, as they started to act funny after a while and funnier... Regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 23 December , 2007 Share Posted 23 December , 2007 Egbert, I won't tell the location, but stupidly I forgot to erase it on my second pic. I was told by the locals, that there are still German souvenirs (steel helmets?) hidden in the basement of the blockhaus. Regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 23 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2007 Baron von Airfix-Revell took an aerial from the trenches next to the bunkersystem from 1100 meter altitude . Are you able to identify the exact location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 23 December , 2007 Share Posted 23 December , 2007 Trenches? Looks more like chicken foot prints. Are You sure baron von Airfix-Revell handed You the right pics. Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 23 December , 2007 Share Posted 23 December , 2007 Perhaps the trenches belong to the Infanterie-Regiment von Kluck ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 24 December , 2007 Share Posted 24 December , 2007 don't forget the Germans were mastesr in camouflage..... Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 24 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 24 December , 2007 don't forget the Germans were mastesr in camouflage..... Cnock Exactly! Here is one of the very rare color photos from the very seaside end of the notorious "Vorhersehung" trench system, taken on a very cold Christmas Eve. As you can see threatening clouds gather across the doomed landscape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 24 December , 2007 Share Posted 24 December , 2007 more threatening clouds ..towards the extreme right wing of the German Western front. At the horizon the mole of Nieuport. Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 24 December , 2007 Share Posted 24 December , 2007 Trenches in the dunes - then: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 24 December , 2007 Share Posted 24 December , 2007 And now: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 24 December , 2007 Share Posted 24 December , 2007 HI Mick, Where is north or the sea? Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 24 December , 2007 Share Posted 24 December , 2007 Judging from this one, which comes from the same series of aerials (I think), the sea in the first pic is on the right (pic was taken by a returning RNAS recce pilot). The modern pic is of the dunes around Oostduinkerke Bad and the sea is ahead and to the left. I'm about to close down for a couple of days, so I'll wish you and Egbert (and anyone else who's watching) a very Happy Christmas - oh, and belated birthday wishes for the other day ... Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 24 December , 2007 Share Posted 24 December , 2007 Mick, Thanks, wihsh You and Your family a Merry Christmas. Aerial pic : near Carnac Battery? Best regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 26 December , 2007 Share Posted 26 December , 2007 Egberts' bunker is somewhere here. (2nd line position) Exact location is 'Geheim' Cnock Left of previous pick is the Northsea beach where Egbert took his foto on a very cold Christmas eve. Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 26 December , 2007 Share Posted 26 December , 2007 Cnock, The first aerial is of Lewin Camp, where the crews of the two forward batteries, Barrington and Eastney, lived. The second is somewhere between the forward batteries and Koksijde, but I'm not exactly sure where. Judging by the ruined buildings along the sea-shore, I think it is also nearer to Nieuwpoort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 26 December , 2007 Share Posted 26 December , 2007 Hi Mick, Cannot locate Your pics on a map. Regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 26 December , 2007 Share Posted 26 December , 2007 Is your pic Lombartsijde? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 26 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 26 December , 2007 I can tell you that Destin trench system is NOT even close to the previously hijacked topic discussion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 26 December , 2007 Share Posted 26 December , 2007 This lonely Tommy also found the way to the brewery; equiped with his canteen and mess kit. (August 1917 - taken pow by 5th Matrosen Regiment) Regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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