RAF Wildenrath these days (photos)
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Willi Otten
BEagle, have to pass on that one, Willi was I think approaching 50 back in 1970 so would have been quite past his sell by date at closure, but never know, must be some later Wildenrathers out there who could confirm ?.
Regarding Zur Post in Wildenrath village again pass !, we used to use one a bit further up (Wickrath ?) think that had similiar name , wasn't the orange fluid Jagermeister ?, couldn't find a lot of our old haunts when we last visited, got lost in Arsbeck looking for our old hiring, all changed so much.
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Regarding Zur Post in Wildenrath village again pass !, we used to use one a bit further up (Wickrath ?) think that had similiar name , wasn't the orange fluid Jagermeister ?, couldn't find a lot of our old haunts when we last visited, got lost in Arsbeck looking for our old hiring, all changed so much.
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The ' mean Balkan platter '
I did an air show at Axel on the dutch / belgian border in Puma and long story short, could not recover to GT on sunday so night stopped in the 'clutch'.
Our ground crew ( ex Clutch stn) challenged the crew to square away said Balkan platter as a challenge along with: you see it off and I (JTech) will pay for it. As there was no timeline mentioned, as very good, and free evening followed!
I did an air show at Axel on the dutch / belgian border in Puma and long story short, could not recover to GT on sunday so night stopped in the 'clutch'.
Our ground crew ( ex Clutch stn) challenged the crew to square away said Balkan platter as a challenge along with: you see it off and I (JTech) will pay for it. As there was no timeline mentioned, as very good, and free evening followed!
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I used to eat for free in the Italian in Bruggen village, but loved the jaeger schnitzel outside the main gate.
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Zur Post
The guy that ran the place was a Jason King lookalike, all perm and 'tache. He was also a prison warder in MG somewhere and certainly took no prisoners when it came to over exuberance in his bar. Remember the platter of cold frikadelle's on the bar?
It was after a particularly exuberant evening in the back room playing pool, I think my watch is still on the windowsill, that the good old boys from P&SS picked me up in their brand new Range Rover and insisted I take a ride back to the guardroom with them. Well, I had an "accident" whilst travelling with them which left a funny stain on the upholstery. This led to an overnight incarceration in the guardroom and that looooong walk up the drag the following morning. It took me so long to walk that by the timed I reached the Mally it had opened for business and I thought, ho hum, I'll pop in. The boys around 92's table had heard of the previous evening's exploits and welcomed me back with more ale and friks and so the cycle started again.
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It was after a particularly exuberant evening in the back room playing pool, I think my watch is still on the windowsill, that the good old boys from P&SS picked me up in their brand new Range Rover and insisted I take a ride back to the guardroom with them. Well, I had an "accident" whilst travelling with them which left a funny stain on the upholstery. This led to an overnight incarceration in the guardroom and that looooong walk up the drag the following morning. It took me so long to walk that by the timed I reached the Mally it had opened for business and I thought, ho hum, I'll pop in. The boys around 92's table had heard of the previous evening's exploits and welcomed me back with more ale and friks and so the cycle started again.
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that the good old boys from P&SS picked me up in their brand new Range Rover and insisted I take a ride back to the guardroom with them
To which I replied,
"Guys, you have to look on the bright side, you saved me a taxi fare"
Didn't seem to go down well.
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, it's the name of the old motor racing track.Landed at ex-RAF Wahn this evening, onto the S-bahn and checked into the hotel. Then some Kölsch and a Jägerschnitzel mit Pommes und Salat for that authentic RAFG experience!
+1 on the Fuchsbau
Fuchsbau Gaststätten GmbH - das Älteste Waldrestaurant in Mönchengladbach
Legendary chicken, but also frequented by the war criminals of Bruggen as well as the brave boys of Wildenrath...
LJ
Fuchsbau Gaststätten GmbH - das Älteste Waldrestaurant in Mönchengladbach
Legendary chicken, but also frequented by the war criminals of Bruggen as well as the brave boys of Wildenrath...
LJ
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Then some Kölsch and a Jägerschnitzel mit Pommes und Salat for that authentic RAFG experience!
I'm officially jealous.
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Re. Zur Post
I visited Wildenrath three months ago and Zur Post is still there. Externally it looks much the same as it was in '67 - '69, but inside it has gone a bit up-market. More a restaurant with a fancy bar than how Herr und Frau Schiffers ran it forty odd years ago. When I asked for 'ein grosse beir' I was presented with 0,4 litres of Bitburger in a stemmed flute type glass vice 0,5 litres in a German 'sleeve' glass.
Don't even mention 'halb henchen mit fritten!'
Don't even mention 'halb henchen mit fritten!'
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I recall that it was No. 4 MFPU under F/L Lawes during my time wth 17 Sqdn (1964-67) that was adjacent to our hangar. Though I was a Canberra pilot I never heard a whisper of the Pembroke's activities during that time; such innocence!
The MFPU (later the RIC) had no involvement in the mission. That was all handled at Rheindahlen.