When the Army Air Corps built a new hanger at the Detmold base in the 1970s/80s loads of aircraft parts were found and an MG121 aircraft machine gun from the build is still mounted on the wall of 659 Sqn AAC.
RAF Gutersloh also has a small museum in the Officers mess in Goerings old bedroom which is also full of German aircraft parts found on the airfield.
In the early 1980’s a small underground storeroom was found next to one of the hangers at RAF Gatow (Berlin) which was cramped full of old motor bikes, i had one in my shed for many years, a 1927 Tornax. Most of them were painted a redish/ purple colour which i later found out was the standard German army colour for requesitioned civilian bikes.
Who knows what else is out there…..:) During an orienteering competion in the 1990’s i found a German MG34 machine gun in the woods near the Havel river in Berlin, i stashed it in the undergrowth, marked it on my map so that i could return to it and guess what, it’s still out there somewhere as i couldn’t find it again.:mad:
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