Re: Matchless tank and very great new museum at QUINEVILLE Normandy
Hello Arnaud. Pleased that you had a good week with your son. We often take that coast road through Quineville on our way back to the ferry port but it's a few years (probably 20) since I stopped at that museum. Needs a revisit I think.
I've seen pictures of G3's with that style of stencilling and sort of copied it on mine. Here she is Ron
Re: Matchless tank and very great new museum at QUINEVILLE Normandy
Hi Ron,
always have good time at the Reine Mathilde camp !! , strange Jacques and Isabelle know we are there on the friday, they say me they have news from somewhere in England...
about the museum, yes it need a new visit, the old museum was all sold, and it's a 95% new private collection in it!! with lots of parts to see, not easy to take pics, but incredible collection, maybe the more complete i see since a long time!! it was open since april this year.
there is also a funny part of the museum as the owner is a model maker, there are some lovely 1/6 models ( include a Pacific truck with trailer!!) my son very like them!! a little largest than the ones i make!!
i bought a near complete 1943 DR uniform in perfect state here, as he sold the triples of is collection, and for the price it cost 10 or 15 years ago..... .
i'm in contact with him about motorcycles...
Arnaud
Re: Matchless tank and very great new museum at QUINEVILLE Normandy
The helmet with '14' and Corps bar belonged to an LAA Regt, Royal Artillery and the Matchless fuel tank to an Infantry Brigade Company RASC. Regrettably, due to the deletion of the formation signs, we'll never know which.
Re: Matchless tank and very great new museum at QUINEVILLE Normandy
Many thanks for the informations Rik!! i must admit that i'm not ready to paint a C number distorded like that on a freshly painted tank!! same for the antigas paint!!!
Re: Matchless tank and very great new museum at QUINEVILLE Normandy
Arnaud
Hi Ron,
always have good time at the Reine Mathilde camp !! , strange Jacques and Isabelle know we are there on the friday, they say me they have news from somewhere in England...
Arnaud
Did you meet up with Caroline? She came across a lone war grave in a small church nearby to the camp site. A Spitfire pilot killed in 1941. The two of us have been researching him. I'll place a marker on his grave next June. Ron