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Old August 26th, 2004, 06:51 PM
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A final 'dozer word !

One Clarkair Crawler went to the Arnhem operational area. It was loaded into Horsa Glider chalk number 848 together with No 3 Detachment of 261 FP Coy, RE, one trailer, one motorcycle and ten troops. Pilots of the Horsa were Lieutenant Brazier and Sergeant Hibbert of E-Squadron, the Glider Pilot Regiment and the towing aircraft was a Dakota of 271 Squadron from Down Ampney on 18th September.

The poor old 'dozer was successfully unloaded and driven to the Hartensteim, where it sat peacefully until deliberately disabled by the Engineers prior to the withdrawal.

ALL the above information came from Arie-Jan's book ( which even includes personal interviews with one of the Engineers concerned and Sgt. Hibbert )

What a book ! I do hope to be able to meet with A-J at Arnhem - apparently he's usually to be found camping behind the Bilderberg.

RB, I think you deserve this one....I was going to be cheeky and ask about Tigers at Arnhem so that I could answer CrazyD further down....

Over to you ! [img]smile.gif[/img]
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