From: International Movie Services (ims@telus.net)
Date: Wed Aug 27 2003 - 08:32:50 PDT
Noel: It's still being done! When I was based at Sarcee in the early 80's
the Ferret Mk. 1's were withdrawn from service (most became hard targets).
All the spare parts were dumped into a bulldozed pit and buried. In 1991 the
m54 and m800 series 5-t0ns were withdrawn from service and transferred to
the air force for future targets. They are still sitting overgrown with
trees and bush as the air force didn't want them. We were able to save four
in exchange for the prep to range standards of four M135's. By the way there
are rows of M135/211/220 BEHIND the 5tons that were driven into position and
abandoned 25 years ago. In case anyone asks, these are in a VERY secure area
and cannot be accessed by the public. When my scanner decides to cease it's
strike I'll post some photos so you can all have a group weep!
Cheers!
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "noel shelley" <noel@shelley1722.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 5:31 AM
Subject: [MV] GOVERNMENT , WAR , AND WASTE . MV content buried
> Well done Jack , 10 out of 10 , for the fable , go to the top of the class
.
>
> During the last war { ww2 }Eastern England , and East Anglia in particular
> became almost one large military base . East Anglia had well over 100 air
> bases and many army camps , at most the same story is told only the
details
> change . Come the end of hostilities as the bases closed HUGE holes were
> bulldozed in the ground and everything from socket sets to whole vehicles
> and aircraft were buried . Talking to some of the old boys in the villages
> around the bases will often reveal the location , at least roughly . Most
> of the land in question has been returned to farming , and from some who
> worked on the land I have heard stories of small tools and other items
> coming to the surface. I have never heard of anyone excavating a site ,
one
> can only guess at the treasure trove hidden .
> There is little doubt that the story is true in the case of the American
> military hospital at Snettisham Beach , and RAF Massingham .
> An old work mate of mine , at the end of the war was driving a Queen Mary
> { an aircraft transporter } taking refurbished aircraft from the factory ,
> to be loaded on ships , taken out into the Atlantic and DUMPED , under the
> terms of lease lend .
> In the case of the vehicles , to have released them would have caused
> considerable unemployment and also a serious impact on the UK vehicle
> builders , bearing in mind all the men coming back from war and needing
work
> .
>
> Crushing HMMWV`s pales into insignificance compared to what was done
nearly
> sixty years ago , in our name and supposedly in our best interest .
>
> I don`t agree with it then or now , NOEL
>
>
>
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