Time to crack open the piggy-bank?

[Bruce_in_Oz]

French auction of goodies:

Fancy a DUKW or maybe an LVT4?

See here.

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[Paul S.]

Normandy Tank Museum is selling off displays? One wonders why.

[CINDERS]

Wish I had won lotto the quad fifty, Flak 88 and the M-4 would be at my place........

[Bruce_in_Oz]

Rough neighbourhood?

[CINDERS]

Yes there are certain elements in town that like to use our street as their own private raceway for their V8's, High powered M C's and scramble bikes at 2am in the morning

[browningautorifle]

the quad fifty would be at my place..

Now you're talkin'...I'd love one of those.

[Peter Laidler]

Seems odd to think that the British were still using DUKW's in Singapore until they left in 1970 or so. There was a Water Borne Logistics Unit at Palau Brani who had a fleet of grey painted Dukws all with XX YP XX numbers. Some were incapable of swimming back so were just left as scrap at the main Base workshop

[Gil Boyd]

Peter,
They were remarkably reliable in soaring temperatures, so one has to suppose the Far East was a good spot for them

[bigduke6]

Normandy Tank Museum is selling off displays? One wonders why.

Lack of visitors (see link)........ its a shame when such collections are sold off, more in this case considering the location.

Be interested in lots 17 and 79. looking at some of the Pilot displays etc, I recall a sale I witnessed at the War and Peace show, of a particular Mae West, if thats the right name for the British version ? but the price paid I couldn't believe, just under £1200 IIRC.....

Normandy Tank Museum in Catz sells off its collection because of lack of visitors | Daily Mail Online

I remember when I was a kid the Liverpool Museum had a big collection and excellent displays dedicated to the Kings (Liverpool ) Regiment, some bits went to The Museum of Life but not even a 1/8 th of what was originally in the Main Museum. Not sure whats left now......

[Gil Boyd]

Gents,
This is really sad news. This museum sale which is based at CATZ between Omaha and Utah beaches and run by a father and two sons, is very sad news indeed. They have kept this well under the radar. It isn't an easy thing to run any museum and make money these days, and highly likely why they want rid..................but it is primarily a tank museum and of a very high standard.

Hopefully we might get something for the Merville Battery museum and the hard work the Normandy Trust have put in over the years to maintain many French museums like this.
The Normandy Trust is run by ex Parachute Regiment personnel, who give of their time to make sure the legacy of the campaign in Normandy is maintained for future generations, so they never forget the sacrifice made by all those involved.

I hope this is not a purely monetary sale, because once a magnificent collection is dispersed, it is absolutely impossible to get it back together again.