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Old 24-04-2008, 01:54 AM   #157 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Rich Payne View Post
Geoff,

I've just noticed that you've got one in Munsterbilzen. That's 5 km (and 6 min) from where I work. If you need that one then I'll try to remember to take the camera with me one day.

Have you got Hasselt covered yet ? There are some RAAF there I believe and that's just down the road from where I buy my oil.

Rich
Hi Rich,

Thank you for the offer. The list is below. The blue is an Australian in the RAF.

Cheers

Geoff

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