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15-08-2007, 06:36 PM
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| Ubique   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France
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 | Overall, an excellent trip; nice to spend some time with the family, weather was best we'd had in years, and the Gite we had was superb. I've come back with some new books, plus several bottles of Calvados and Normandie cider to see me through the winter months!! Will be updating my website with new/updated info in the near future.
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15-08-2007, 06:40 PM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Randers, Denmark
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| Some really great pictures. I've recently returned from a trip to Normandy too. It also seemed rather strange to me how Wittmann's grave at La Cambe was 'shined' up.
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15-08-2007, 07:23 PM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hampshire
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15-08-2007, 10:30 PM
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| Top Moose  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs
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 | Lovely images Paul. Where was this one taken, the one with the cows in the field? Image it in '44 with them, on their backs, swollen up with legs in the air 2007_0806_161936AA on Flickr - Photo Sharing!  Paul, which Bn of the Hampshire was Ferrell in? is he one of "my" Wessex lads in 7th Bn or 1st Bn in 50th Div? Last edited by Owen; 15-08-2007 at 10:36 PM. |
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15-08-2007, 10:52 PM
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| Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France
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| Hi Owen - that's the church in the tiny village of Rubercy, a few miles inland from Omaha and not far from where I was staying. We passed that view almost every day, and stopped for a pic-nic there one day, which is when I took the photo. I thought it was a typical Normandy scene - and yes, you can picture some very different scenes there in '44. Ferrell was 7th Bn and killed in the attack at Cahagnes in Op Bluecoat.
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