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Der Adler - A blast from the past!

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:11 am
by Westerwald
Found a pic from Skirmish magazine many years ago of our old group Der Adler at Tilbury fort.

Re: Der Adler - A blast from the past!

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:55 am
by Halle
You lot certainly looked the part ! ....what happened to the group ?

Re: Der Adler - A blast from the past!

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 8:40 am
by Westerwald
Halle wrote:You lot certainly looked the part ! ....what happened to the group ?
Thanks Halle!

I and some of the others left the group in 2003 and formed Das Heer. Der Adler carried on for a short while but fizzled out soon after.

We had some great times in Der Adler. We had a Kubel and BMW combination plus we sometimes had a big German Shepherd! I remember one year at Tilbury we put our Krad rubber coats on and drove a few miles up the road armed to the teeth. On the way back we set up an impromptu (and highly illegal!) roadblock near to the venue!

We used to be very popular at the Kent and East Sussex Light Railway event. We had our own station and used to take possible subversives before Herr Major for questioning. We also used to do spot checks on IDs and baggage on the trains. A couple of our partners used to carry weapons etc in their bags and we'd drag them of the train. All this was done in German with some French. It used to go down a storm with the public.

Re: Der Adler - A blast from the past!

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:42 pm
by Sturmschar
Aww Uncle Otto bless him - and Phill, what ever happened to him?

Re: Der Adler - A blast from the past!

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:36 am
by Westerwald
Sturmschar wrote:Aww Uncle Otto bless him - and Phill, what ever happened to him?
Andy.

I haven't seen Otto for years. Phil stopped did a few impressions with bikes over the years but doesn't do anything now. He lives near to me and we still keep in touch.

Steve

Re: Der Adler - A blast from the past!

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:41 am
by Sturmschar
Hi Steve - I see Otto pretty much every year he is always with John Plowman, it was Phil I was wondering about - look forward to seeing you "out and about".

Cheers

Andy

Re: Der Adler - A blast from the past!

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:01 am
by Halle
Didn't recognise Otto at first , he looks so young ! :wink: Yes , I see him a couple of times a year , he's still a Kettenhund :D

Re: Der Adler - A blast from the past!

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:40 am
by Westerwald
Sturmschar wrote:Hi Steve - I see Otto pretty much every year he is always with John Plowman, it was Phil I was wondering about - look forward to seeing you "out and about".

Cheers

Andy
Andy,

Amazed to hear John Plowman is still going! I'm sure I'll see you although am only going to do minor events so you're more likely to see me as a MOP.

Steve

Re: Der Adler - A blast from the past!

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:46 am
by Westerwald
Halle wrote:Didn't recognise Otto at first , he looks so young ! :wink: Yes , I see him a couple of times a year , he's still a Kettenhund :D
Otto still a kettenhund - Who's he with? Has he still got his stabsfeldwebel rank?

Steve

Re: Der Adler - A blast from the past!

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:47 pm
by pepperpot
otto is here. fg39-45
graham

Re: Der Adler - A blast from the past!

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:29 am
by Westerwald
pepperpot wrote:otto is here. fg39-45
graham
Graham,

I didn't see him at Detling. Give him my regards!

Steve