Contributed by: Mark Tucker
Date: October 2005
This series of images was taken in October 2005 at the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, UK.Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom. Continue reading
Contributed by: Mark Tucker
Date: January 1998
This series of images was taken in 1998 at Holsworthy Army Base, Sydney Australia.
Centurion 169017 has an interesting history and is one of perhaps only two vehicles surviving with South Vietnam modifications in place. Subsequent to these images being taken, 169017 was relocated north to 1 Brigade in Darwin where it remains on duty as a gate guardian. Continue reading
Contributed by: Mark Tucker
Date: April 2006
This series of images was taken in April 2006 at the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence in Hong Kong. This Museum is well worth a look if in Hong Kong. Continue reading
Contributed by: Mark Tucker
Date: October 2005
This series of images was taken in October 2005 at the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, UK. Continue reading
Colour Profile by Claes Sundin
Photography by Darren Wood Continue reading
Colour Profile by Claes Sundin
Photography by Mark L Tucker
B&W photographs courtesy of Eagle Editions
Background
This Fw 190D-9 “Brown 4” W.Nr.500647 of 7. Staffel, II./JG 26 was found by the Canadians at Hustedt airfield near Celle in mid-April 1945. It was one of 2 aircraft that had to be left behind when II. Gruppe JG26 abandoned the field on 10-11 April. Attempts by the Germans to destroy the aircraft were only partly successful.
What makes these photos special is that they provide further proof that there were Fw190D-9’s with the tail of the Ta152. Previously only one photo of such a D-9 was known, an aircraft of werknummer 500645. Continue reading