RAF Millom museum

[alan.military]

Thanks for sharing your pictures Waff, very nice.

Regards,

Alan

 

[Jimbo]

Barrow-in-Furness

Hey, WAFF:
When I saw your post mentioning Barrow-in-Furness, I remembered I have an old Luftwaffe map (Night map, actually) of the area. Thought you might like to see it.

 

[Fuzeman]

Great pictures Paul

 

[waffenamt]

cheers boys
i will be furnishing the museum with fuzemans 89B diagrams when im next up.

Jimbo!,thats a beautiful map mate! im very familiar with that area and spent hours up there.
thanks for showing it .

cheers
waff

 

[waffenamt]

The curator was telling me that his father|(or fathers pal?) worked at the lighthouse in the war.when the raids were on,2 german pathfinder bombers would find the lighthouse and drop sticks of IB's up the beach to show the way for the main force!
I bet that was a site to behold!
The only protection issued to the lighthouse keeper was a large oak table for him to shelter under! :neutral:


best

waff

 

[Kermit]

Interesting pics there.

Wonder if all those German tunics are pukka, if so, then there is an awful lot of money on those coat hangers, same goes for the value of the visor caps as well. Re: the pic of the MG42 on the AA tripod. 'tis that a Czech Vz37 I spy in the bottom left hand corner of the pic? (the Germans nabbed quite a few of them if I remember correctly)

 

[waffenamt]

Hi Chaps,
Im off back up to that museum today with some donations for their collection.
I shall get some more pics and information on how to find the place.
Overnight camping ops as well including lots of fine wine and friends.

best


waff

 

[waffenamt]

Interesting pics there.

Wonder if all those German tunics are pukka, if so, then there is an awful lot of money on those coat hangers, same goes for the value of the visor caps as well. Re: the pic of the MG42 on the AA tripod. 'tis that a Czech Vz37 I spy in the bottom left hand corner of the pic? (the Germans nabbed quite a few of them if I remember correctly)

Hi Kermit,
I talked to the owner of the tunics and he says they are the best repro's he could find for the museum.Yes,they really are superb when you actually see them up close.
The MG42 turns out to be a Yugo version but is still dated '44.
Forgot to ask about the Vz37 but will bare in mind next time im up there.

I donated a cockpit mirror for that Tornado jet and also gave them a bakelite pot for their ELAZ 28A bomb fuze.
Also the line drawings for the 89B fuze were greatly recieved.

best

waff

 

[waffenamt]

A few more pics of the recent trip.
The big wheel is from a Lancaster bomber.My bigger best pal is there for scale!:xd:

cheers

waff

 

[waffenamt]

Some more of the Fuze cabinet and a nice set of SC50kg tails. ...

 

[waffenamt]

A couple of shots of a 'Hispano' gun if i remember correctly?

 

[waffenamt]

Something for everyone here!
Lots of little rooms to explore.