psssst , have you heard the one about the tigers buried underground ? ,heard that one 96 in krefeld . dont you think that its a load of horse -sh1t?? .asked my father about this and he also heard the rumours in the early 70s ,10regt rct bielefeld, parade square full of nazi goodies ., yeah the tunnels were sealed up to stop p1ssed up squaddies going down and making mischief.dont you think the germans would have used all these tigers in 45 to stop the allies ?? , after all this is a rumour service! if you are all intrigued then contact tony and time team , cant wait to see that one on discovery , "ere weve been digging for 3 days and found f uck all"

Originally Posted by threesend

psssst , have you heard the one about the tigers buried underground ? ,heard that one 96 in krefeld . dont you think that its a load of horse -sh1t?? .asked my father about this and he also heard the rumours in the early 70s ,10regt rct bielefeld, parade square full of nazi goodies ., yeah the tunnels were sealed up to stop p1ssed up squaddies going down and making mischief.dont you think the germans would have used all these tigers in 45 to stop the allies ?? , after all this is a rumour service! if you are all intrigued then contact tony and time team , cant wait to see that one on discovery , "ere weve been digging for 3 days and found f uck all"

Just read this thread then found this site (searching on "RV Triton":

http://www.lankelma.co.uk/CPT-newsletter.htm

Open Day - the UK's first brownfield SI test site, June 2005
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Are you interested in the capabilities of geophysics to map buried hazards such as unexploded ordnance, buried tanks or voids? Would you like to see wireline and crosshole geophysics being demonstrated to characterise near-surface geology?
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Spooky!

it would be very interesting if someone could finance such a venture ! maybe lara croft will take this on , im sceptical!

Lads, every Tiger owned by the Germans in WW2 was utlised. There are no hidden tanks under any squares. There may be areas previously used as the Jerry version of a G1098 store (Pronounced Gay Zehn, acht und neuntzig) and a few Med supply stores, but there weren't any tanks nor Messerschmidts. The former were all at the front and the latter up in the air. Given the state of panic in Germany during 45 anybody found hiding vital war machinery would have be offed by the SS or Gestapo . I don't think German QMs were anything like Brit ones.

All German houses, building etc have cellars and someone pointed out earlier, Army camps over here have loads of maintainance tunnels.

Items such as helmets, rifles, ammo etc may have been found under barracks squares but there'll not be any tanks,self propelled guns or Battalions of Wehrmacht.

I would imagine that AFVs were found by the Allies in base type workshops, but I doubt any were buried. You'd have to ask your self why they would want to in the first place, when they were needed to stop the Allied onslaught.

just a thought , maybe the allies had all this trashed german eqpt and buried it ! hence the rumours .i for one dont believe in it for a minute , good thread though!!

I don't know why I remember this, but about forty years ago, CBS Television News ran a special called "The Stately Ghosts of England."

As I dimly remember, the thesis was that there are quite a few of them running loose in the UK.

They like, so the story goes, to hang out where they formerly lived or where they got killed.

They showed what were purported as being photographs of these ghosts on the prowl.

I wasn't sure what to make of this broadcast. Over the years, CBS News has broadcast, as supposedly straight news, an awful lot of specious rubbish.

i was with 30sigs when they moved out of blandford @oct 94. moved to gamecock bks nuneaton which used to be junior leaders RA, also used by a polish sqn with the RAF ww2.our job on the advance party was to guard the place and carry out bone fatigue tasks . one night me stag partner and i were carrying out a foot patrol near one of the old ww2 aircraft hangers (used later by 250 and 258 sqn) we noticed that the hanger doors hadnt been shut properly and the lights were still on ! .never mind so we went in looked about and turned the lights off, nothing strange in that. to close the hangers was a 2 man job as you used a metal crank to move the doors , so as we are just about there , the lights go on!!! not at the same time but individually which doesnt happen with these lights. i look at me mate , he looks at me , hair by thunderflash ..we absolutly brick it and sprint to the guardroom. you may think that there was probably someone p1ssing about , believe me there was only 27 of us all ranks on that camp then..

**ck me, were you told about that hangar by any RA lads? I think this is the hangar known by us a hangar 2 when i was in brats back in '85\'86. If i remember correctly, it's the hangar away to the left if you stand on the tarmac looking towards the old control tower. That story was well known by anyone at juniors and the lads on prowler guard used to make a point of not going too near it.

Families Club at Hemswell, on several occasions when doing canteen cowboy you could hear banging down in the cellar, and footsteps upstairs, f'in scary that was

yeah i've heard those stories. For those that don't know, the Naafi\families club at Hemswell is the former Sgts mess of the place, an old WWII bomber base.

Originally Posted by Biscuits_AB

I would imagine that AFVs were found by the Allies in base type workshops, but I doubt any were buried. You'd have to ask your self why they would want to in the first place, when they were needed to stop the Allied onslaught.

Not that I wish to perpetuate this rumour any further and as wise as your logic would seem Biscuits, didn't the Iraqi Air Force do something very similar to this recently by burying their aircraft....

Urban Myths are great though aren't they! Incidently, there is a similar story as the buried tigers.

It is rumoured that there is a half squadron of buried Spitfires underneath Biggin Hill Airfield and there has been talk of Bernie Ecclestone, who owns the majority of the Airfield for your guide, of bringing in the ground radar etc. Not a bad little earner if its true.

However, on the other side of it there are a number of ghost stories surrounding the old RAF fighter station. I have been told the story of the crash alarms going off for no reason. Personally thought it was a drill or loose connection until it was pointed out to me that the alarms are part of the old RAF system which is no longer used and the old and wise of the airfield said it goes off every year at the same time. No explanation. I suggest that they cut the fecking things off the walls!

Probably all balls but it is a very quiet and spooky place at night.

Well there's more than enough stuff buried here in Norway. Some was done by the Germans and allies immediately after the war and other stuff in the 50s,60s and 70s by the Norwegians. Back then they binned stuff either by burying it or dumping it in the oggin.


Now, spotters like me go around digging it all up again

Originally Posted by stickybomb

Anybody able to confirm or deny this story?

From the late nineteenth century, military 'manoeuvres' (also known as 'schemes') had been held on parts of the Salisbury Plain and in 1897 the War Office began purchasing land in the South East of the plain. The first world war and after saw and increase in the need for such land and between 1927 and 1932 the War Office purchased a substantial part of the north and west of the plain. This included most of the village of Imber and its inhabitants (approx 100 people) became tenants of the military. In the Second World War the need for training areas intensified, especially in the preparations for D-Day. On the 1st November 1943 the tenants were given just 47 days notice to quit, as War Office frustration boiled over with the 1000 yard safety zone around the village. Many of the villagers left believing that they had been promised a return after the war. This was not to happen, it has been a training area ever since. Much of the old village has since disappeared.

Somewhat ironically of course, we now have our very own OBUA facility just down the road.

Even more interestingly, Imber even spawned its own nursery rhyme:

(Adopt ropey 'scrumpy' accent)

Little Imber on the Downe
Seven Miles from any towne.
Ship bleats the unly sounds,
Life twer sweet, with ne’er a vrown.
Oh let us abide on Imber Downe

My coat? Why, thank you... :D