Wojtek Soldier Bear!

 

The story of Wojtek the famous WW2 Polish soldier bear!, 

a true story...

The pond near Winfield Camp where Wojtek lived. a while after WW2 and was walked here and went for a swim... and left his signature still visible 80 years on...

Wee film...

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Revisit to the WW2 POW Camp 16 Coolers!

 

With an open day on at Gosford House detoured out via the former WW2 Prisoner of War camp 16 and stopped outside for a pic of the Camp Coolers. These sadly have been ruined by vandals smashing the small windows allowing rain water to dissolve the whitewash that used to be covered in pictures and writing by former POW's who were locked up for being naughty...

These pics are from a previous blog post years ago...

0ver 3000 Axis prisoners were held here after capture as the Allies moved across Europe after the June 1944 invasion and the camp was soon full od soldiers who for many stayed here in the UK and made a new life, some had nothing to return home to or feared returning to their East German homes now under Soviet occupation...

Wee film I made using old footage from a previous film...

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Revisit to Gin Head - WW2 Top Secret Radar Research Station

 

I stopped at the Cafe on the cliffs overlooking Canty Bay the other Sunday and to a walk along above the cliffs to have another look at the Buildings of Gin Head...

This is of coarse where top secret radar jamming techniques using captured German radar were used along with another invention called Windows where foil strips dropped from aircraft led German Radar to believe a huge force of ships was heading to Port de Calais and that the force heading for Normandy was a decoy, this fooling deployment is responsable for saving countless lives of soldiers as the Tank regiments were kept at Calais... 

Buccaneer nose cone used used for radar testing equipment during the Cold War Years

Perched on the cliffs this place would make the ultimate man cave with all the out buildings that could be used to keep all your toys, there is even a crane to move your non running military stuff!...

A lovely little corner of East Lothians coast....

Remake of my original film from 12+ years ago...

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