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Croft Nostalgia
Aug 4/5th
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Croft
- After the massive thunder storm last year, the forecast wasn't
looking too good for 2012 either. As it turned out, Croft was an
island bathed in the Sun, while thunder storms raged all around. This
resulted in a good turnout of entries and public.
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first eight pictures show vehicles used by the USAAF & RAF,
including a nice, recently restored bomb tractor.
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good weather allowed all three flying displays to take part, and we
were delighted to see the BBMF MkIIa Spitfire after last years
cancellation due to bad weather. Neil and Simon also put on great
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were around 300 classic cars, buses, bikes and tractors booked in, in
addition to the racing cars. In the military camp, we had both a tank
and tank destroyer in the Chaffee and Hellcat. The Chaffee did several
firing displays across the show. |
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tracked vehicles included both a German and US halftrack, and a
Universal Carrier. The Rolls-Royce Griffon engine was joined this year
by an Alvis radial aircraft engine, both of which ran a number of
times during the weekend.
Further pictures of
the weekend and parade laps can be found on the CroftMilitary.co.uk
website.
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