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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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I'm thinking more like Southern Algeria?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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good finder's eye on those!
granite, gotta be
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Mattq331
Mountain climber
Boulder/UK
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Hmmm... tough one.
So I'm guessing it's a Vickers Wellesley, possibly RAF Sqd 47, operating in either N. Kenya or Sudan during the East Africa Campaign.
Trouble is, can't place the location.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 5, 2011 - 08:09pm PT
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It is a Vickers Wellesley apparently. Can't squeeze out any more internet info on it though.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 5, 2011 - 08:19pm PT
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Gf, that photo is very telling for sure. A really spry looking group for sure, and not exactly looking like Americans of today. Maybe they're Brits?
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llk
climber
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Spry indeed, but you can spot the cigarette smokers.
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Mattq331
Mountain climber
Boulder/UK
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One of the guys on the left appears to be holding a lemon. I can't imagine lemons were thick on the ground in Britain during the war, or just post-war. But then that looks like a Spitfire on the RH side, so I may be wrong.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Where? I don't know but where are the cracks? Definetly a place for slab aficionados.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 5, 2011 - 09:02pm PT
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I can't help but think our very own J-Do would find something pretty disappointing about the Second Coming, don't you Pilgrims? It wasn't enough that he was BORN with Camalot Blue eyes.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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I'm way to old for a second coming but not too old for a second helping.
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Tim Camuti
Trad climber
CA
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Ed- Thanks for that prompt. Tried looking at it with terrain layer (topo) and it is a pretty mountainous region. I love that there is stuff this grand all around the world, from my own backyard to east Africa!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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This is great history. I'm thinking that some survivor must have written a book???
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Donini.....Did you enlist or were you drafted when Mussolini was in charge..?
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 6, 2011 - 12:54am PT
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Rotten...Didn't you know?? It's common knowledge. J-Do got a deferment. He had to work in the family high-end handbag factory:
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