Spanhoe - Northamptonshire Op. Market-Garden Sep 08

[Ben Evans]

Looks like a good group, I was part of the Second Battle Group for a while.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Neil, we have the "Victory Show" then a new event at KELVEDON HATCH, Essex which clashes with Gary's show.

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This is to comemmorate the 60th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. We get to play the "bad guys"

Cheers, Ade.

[IanC]

That looked like a fantastic set up, you must have put the hours in to get it looking like that!

Cheers

Ian

[HerrHenke]

Took a few weekends prep work Ian, but all worth it in the end It was a fantastic setup for the Axis forces , i'll have to see if i can find more pics.

@ Ade sounds like a fun weekend is our moaning Brummie going along to that one in his DDR kit?

Ben, do you still re-enact then?

Neil.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Neil, do you mean "Golly"? He is not down to do this one as of yet. But DDR kit would be no good anyway. 1948 is too early for NVA.

Cheers, Ade.

[ironcross1]

Great stuff you guys , you certanly put in the hours to get these shows right , i would love to see one some day , cheers Raymond

[HerrHenke]

Yeh, the one and only Golly - there goes my knowledge of East German history.

[Ben Evans]

Ben, do you still re-enact then?

Neil.

Hi Neil, sadly not any more, to many comittments I'm afraid, work, golf, collecting, just could not fit it all in when my house is finished I might just start again, after the house my next project could be a Kubel

[Gary J]

Well, The Spanhoe show took place last weekend, and I'm glad to report that it was well received and attended by the public.

The weather held out after a few days of pre-show rain.

All in all, the planned schedule held together well, with various aircraft making their guest appearances in between staged events such as the re-enactor battle.

Here are a few of my pictures from the event, as well as a few links to material already uploaded onto the web.

Nick Halling Photographer
(Look under events on the menu - Spanhoe 1 and 2)

Flickr: Maximum G (psbellamy1)'s stuff tagged with spanhoe

Spanhoe operation market garden sept 2008 part2 - Truveo Video Search

Operation Market Garden, Spanhoe - 140908

YouTube - C-47 Skytrain at Operation Spanhoe 2008

YouTube - Mustang P51D Spanhoe Airfield Corby

YouTube - Reenactors At Operation Market Garden 2008

Regards

G.