ME 109 toured Victoria , Australia

[Luke R]

Sorry, my mistake V1 rocket

Another (dodgy) photo of the V1 while in Sale

[Keith Webb]

Really interesting pics, thanks Luke!

Another small correction - the V1 was powered by a pulse jet, not a rocket. I've interviewed several Spitfire, Mosquito and Typhoon pilots who intercepted these and either shot them down or toppled the gyros by carefully lifting a wing under theirs.
In their logbooks they listed the trips as 'anti-diver' patrols.

Originally Posted by Luke R

Sorry, my mistake V1 rocket

Another (dodgy) photo of the V1 while in Sale

[Luke R]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Really interesting pics, thanks Luke!

Another small correction - the V1 was powered by a pulse jet, not a rocket. I've interviewed several Spitfire, Mosquito and Typhoon pilots who intercepted these and either shot them down or toppled the gyros by carefully lifting a wing under theirs.
In their logbooks they listed the trips as 'anti-diver' patrols.

Geez Keith I cant win ha ha, yes Ive heard about tipping the V1, it was safer than shooting having one blow up in front of you.

[Ryan]

Did any other german equipment make it out here during the war?

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Ryan

Did any other german equipment make it out here during the war?

YES Ryan

They grabbed a Demag half track and a Sd Kf 223 armoured car from Nth Africa .

the remains of the Demag were recovered by a friend in 1983 ? from Kaniva in the Mallee . A farmer there had bought it from Hughes trading just after WW2 , he cut in in half and made a crawler tractor out of it . The hull had mine blast holes in it . We found a few 9mm rounds in the hull , down in the dregs

I had it stored at my place . The vacuum assist change gear box was still in it . A little swastika stamp on it .

Mike

[Luke R]

Originally Posted by Ryan

Did any other german equipment make it out here during the war?

I did hear a rumour on the net about a tiger tank buried under the Holden factory,
I think its pretty much Bull $h@t though

Luke

[Ryan]

Yep, heard that too, I had the same reaction.
What of the 251 Halftrack?
Do you have any pics of the Demag Mike?

[Luke R]

Originally Posted by Ryan

Yep, heard that too, I had the same reaction.
What of the 251 Halftrack?
Do you have any pics of the Demag Mike?

Here some photos on the MVCA forum
http://www.mvca.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=765

Luke

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Ryan

Yep, heard that too, I had the same reaction.
What of the 251 Halftrack?
Do you have any pics of the Demag Mike?

No I dont . It was still finished in the blue/grey Wermacht paint scheme , faded of course . Sadly too much of it was missing , the tracks and lower hull were complete , but all of the upper hull section was gone .

It was sold to a chap in South Australia .

We believe this was the vehicle that the engine was salvaged from by Stan Jones for his racing car . My friend did a lot of research and met the old racing car guys who confirmed the theory.

BTW the half track pictured beside the armoured car at Fish. Bend isnt a Demag , its a larger variant .

mike

[Mike K]

Quite an amazing pic of the V1 at Yarram .

Wonder where the blond youth in the foreground is now. He would be about 80 now

It looks like the V1 at Sale is actually flying !