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Old 30-12-06, 12:53
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Similar thing happened here in OZ after WW1 . Captured German and even a few Turkish WW1 artillery pieces were scattered all over the land . Council parks , memorials and even schools I think . There is a pair of WW1 German trench mortars in Deloraine Tasmania , in front of the RSL from memory . Northcote , an inner suburb of Melbourne had a Krupp WW1 gun sitting in an isolated park , it was hiding away in a corner of the park , barely visible , for years . I think many of the councils got rid of them over the years , with public liability problems etc. A kiddy may fall of, and the council is then sued ..... ah what a lovely world it is .

When I was in High school , a classmate showed us a tiny section of Richtofens tailplane , his grandfahter was there when the baron as shot down , the aircraft was stripped to the bone by souvener hunters . Bits of it are scattered all over OZ to this day . It has been proved that it was the aussies who shot him down ......not Brown .

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