If you ever make out Alberta way, the Lord Stratcona's Horse (Royal Canadian) have a historical troop. When not busy at work they repair and drive around WWII vehicles too.
Aye your talking about mad jack Churchill The other who charged the beach and was a crazy little Scotsman was Bill Millin Millin is best remembered for playing the pipes whilst under fire during the D-Day landing in Normandy. Pipers had traditionally been used in battle by Scottish and Irish soldiers. However, the use of bagpipes was restricted to rear areas by the time of the Second World War by the British Army. Lovat, nevertheless, ignored these orders and ordered Millin, then aged 21, to play. When Private Millin demurred, citing the regulations, he recalled later, Lord Lovat replied: "Ah, but that’s the English War Office. You and I are both Scottish, and that doesn’t apply." He played "Highland Laddie" "The Road to the Isles" "All the blue bonnets are over the border" as his comrades fell around him on Sword. Millin states that he later talked to captured German snipers who claimed they did not shoot at him because they thought he had gone mad. Millin, whom Lovat had appointed his personal piper during commando training at Achnacarry, near Fort William in Scotland, was the only man during the landing who wore a kilt - it was the same Cameron tartan kilt his father had worn in Flanders during World War I - and he was armed only with his pipes and the sgian-dubh, or "black knife", sheathed inside his kilt-hose on the right side. In keeping with Scottish tradition, he wore no underwear beneath the kilt. He later told author Peter Caddick-Adams that the coldness of the water took his breath away. Lovat and Millin advanced from Sword to Pegasus Bridge, which had been defiantly defended by men of the 2nd Bn the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry (6th Airborne Division) who had landed in the early hours by glider. Lovat's commandos arrived at a little past one p.m. at Pegasus Bridge although the rendezvous time in the plan was noon. To the sound of Millin's bagpipes, the commandos marched across Pegasus Bridge. During the march, twelve men died, most shot through their berets. Later detachments of the commandos rushed across in small groups with helmets on. Millin's D-Day bagpipes were later donated to Dawlish Museum. A set of pipes he used later in the campaign, after the originals became damaged, were donated to the now "Pegasus Bridge Museum"
Great to have John back doing unboxings with Justin! They definitely were deployed with Horsa gliders. Shame you guys didn't talk about the different modifications made for the airborne version. Some info: www.m201.com/abmods.htm
Interesting to hear how popular they are in private hands, in Thailand and Cambodia you see them everywhere - often painted black or overdone Americanised paint jobs
I would stick to facts mate LR owners brought a jeep to use on the farm in Wales because nothing else was available.The two brothers then designed the 80 inch land rover the rest is history
It was Paddy maine , they ran out ammo , so he ripped out the control panels out of planes , he also shot up a canteen full of German pilots on the air field , I think .
The other way to tell the difference between a Willy's and Ford Jeep is the Ford will have bolts that all have FORD stamped on them, and Willy's will be bolted together with generic bolts.
LRDG liked flimsies because they were light. If your carried Jerry Cans you would use more fuel to carry them than evaporated out of the lighter cans. You would also use the light cans to make solar stills and a cooker using sand and petrol.
The Airborne had a 6pdr anti tank gun or a US 105mm How. gun that would attach to the trailer which would then be used to carry it's ammo and fuel for the Jeep.
