"Willy " Williams. Gordon Braizier & Tpr King. D 20 Oct'67 No BFG no insurance & no brakes it seemed. that particular crossing north of Sennelager is a lot safer today ,but it has claimed many lifes in its time ,its known localy as the "Kopf ab Bahn " Frank
God I remember this. My friends were in it, sadly can't remember their names now
ReplyDeleteWas that the one being driven by Dave Williams, coming into detmold from home at ellsen,He was my driving instructor
ReplyDeleteAnd I remember too,was it not one of the many accidents on the level crossing?So many young lives.
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Could well have been. I thought that there wee 3 of them in the car and that they had been on a 'night out'! but may be wrong about that.
ReplyDeleteThat's the problem with having unmaned level crossings. Four good mates gone but never totaly out of mind.
ReplyDeleteThis has certainly brought back a lot of memories Robin to a few oldies.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a young Harry Jordan, wonder what he is doing now?
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I remember looking inside whilst doing prowler guard on the tank park, it was pretty grim. R.I.P. guys.
ReplyDelete"Willy " Williams. Gordon Braizier & Tpr King. D 20 Oct'67 No BFG no insurance & no brakes it seemed. that particular crossing north of Sennelager is a lot safer today ,but it has claimed many lifes in its time ,its known localy as the "Kopf ab Bahn " Frank
ReplyDeleteJohn King and myself did our basic training together at Catterick, both got posted to A Sqdn a sad loss
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