Buffalo 47 was among the star attractions at the Crowland and Thorney 1940s weekend, as Tom Baker reports
Hundreds of people and dozens of military vehicles were brought together at the third annual Crowland and Thorney 1940s event, held on June 23-24.
Organised by the Crowland Buffalo LVT Association, this year’s two-day show at Park Farm in Thorney served to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge. The occasion was marked by a fantastic re-enactment of the Normandy Landings, taking place on a two-hectare field, as well as the attendance of Miles Hamby, whose father was one of the Commanding Officers at RAF Spanhoe where Dakotas carrying Polish Paratroopers departed from, heading for Normandy, on June 5, 1944.
With the wet summer spell finally breaking, I arrived at the event’s venue early on the Saturday morning, eager to see first-hand one of the promised star attractions of the show – Buffalo LVT 47. Although upon parking up, the site didn’t seem overly busy, within the space of a couple of hours long queues were forming at the show’s main gate. With the helping hand of the Whittlesey Cadets, entry was quick and smooth for all.
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