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Hi to all,
though not a german armour item, this weekend at Knoll bay in Dorset there was a gathering by the M.V.T. and several ex-servicemen to remember those who lost thier lives in the run up to D-Day when six Valentine DD tanks were lost with thier crews off the Dorset coast (where they still remain)
Several wartime vehicle in attendence including a Churchill tank with mortar, a sherman BARV and the last surviving Valentine DD tank.
The three tanks were landed from a modern LST on to the beach and were parked on the sands, through out the day the BARV and the Valentine gave impressive displays by driving through the surf on the beach !!
On the sunday after a memorial service there was a fly past by an Andover c-1 aircraft which dropped a mass of poppies over the bay.
The sherman was kicking up quite a wake ! Though i managed some digital film here for now are some stills i took of the tanks on the beach.
Ashley
Last edited by atcase; 04-04-2004 at 06:37 PM.
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,i missed an intresting day out 
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