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Old 23-11-09, 21:53
Alex van de Wetering Alex van de Wetering is offline
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Default MV's lost in Amsterdam fire

Yesterday morning I was on my way to a scale modelling event and I saw a big cloud of smoke coming from Amsterdam. In the evening I learnt from the news that a number of sheds were lost.
This morning I learnt that one of the sheds was owned by people of the Dutch Military vehicle club "Keep them Rolling" and that several MV's and tons of spares were lost in the fire. I have heard different stories. some say Jeeps and Dodges, others say Jeeps, a Kubelwagen, Schwimmwagens and an Opel Blitz.

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Old 23-11-09, 22:27
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Alex,

That is really bad news. There is some more detail on the losses here:

http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/787-ams...-wwii-vehicles


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Old 23-11-09, 22:50
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Really bad news indeed!

This is the site where many a Tuesday evening was spent swapping strong stories, coffee and parts.

This is a great loss to the people involved and to KTR, as this site was really the cradle of the club.

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Old 23-11-09, 23:09
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My sympathies to all involved.
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Old 23-11-09, 23:15
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That is really bad news.
Yes Brian, I guess this must be the end of the hobby for some owners.


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This is the site where many a Tuesday evening was spent swapping strong stories, coffee and parts.
Very sad....I remember you and I talked about these coffee evenings in Ede, last september.


I just watched the news and Kuuk Griep was speaking about the loss. One of the burnt Schwimmwagens could also be seen.

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Old 30-11-09, 10:23
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Hanno and Alex,
Please pass on to those members of KTR who lost vehicles and equiptment in the fire our sympathies.
We are just pleased that no-one was injured.
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Old 30-11-09, 20:05
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That is really bad news.
On the picture, the wellknown "Dutch" KTR members
Kuuk Griep and Arthur van Oest during our show in
sport-centre "De Blinkerd" in Schoorl.
Half a day before the big fire started in Amsterdam.

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Old 30-11-09, 20:33
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I know quite a few of the KTR guys,Jacob,Lucas,Ron the radio Man,Patrick,Hans etc.....as you know we lost a lot of stuff in Nigel Watsons fire some time ago (dont think Nigel ever came to terms with the losses) our thought are with you all regards malcolm
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