A bit of research turns up the following gems.
They never had strenght of over 30!
They were issued weapons but never issued ammunition
They saw the front line once and were instantly sent back by the OC before they'd even debussed.My personal bugbear is tthe soft ods who badge up as BFC with 'Britische Frei Korps' cufftitles.
Thats cufftitle never exsisted, it was in English as British Free Corps
(they wanted to be called the legion of St George but thought it would caus e too much trouble with the British legion.)
There's a lovely bit of fiction involving a a BFC member in the 'eagle has landed' . Harvey Preston is attached to Steiners group to keep an eye on the operation from the SS's persepcitve. They took him out of the film for some reason, he was a great character and personified the sort of bloke the BFC recruited.
Whats the link between my post and that pic Lewis?
Or did you accidsdently quote me
Sorry i didnt realise i think i might of clicked it when scrolling down sorry,will edit.
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
Not a problem just checking you were not trying to re-inforce or dispute a point via the pic.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Not a problem just checking you were not trying to re-inforce or dispute a point via the pic.
Nope not at all.
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
The Harvey character in the book of TEHL is a good depiction of the sort of chancer I would beleive would have been attracted to BFC.
Spot on
I believe based on the only officer the BFC had who wasn't a real officer either and had lied about being one.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
i never intended to use the bfc load out though the three lions motif is pretty cool . just watched a doc about it and i was left with the thought of should you feel sorry for them or should they be shot.
theres nowt so Permanent as temporary
I am tempted to scan my Commando mag about this,if anyone wants me to tell me because I dont want to do it for no reason.
If your on about commando as in the illustrated lads comic. There is an article with two Brits fighting with the Russians. They are in the RAF aiding the Russain airforce. And come under scrutiny as their are a few brits serving with the German forces that attack the airfield.
Nope not that one its about Brits,South Africans,Kiwis,Australians fighting in a unit in the Waffen SS not bad for a comic.
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
Found some info here,and a few pics
http://members.aol.com/sturmpnzr/photos.htm
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
I like the earlier quote of 'Some bits of the Third Reich are best not remembered' 
IMHO the world should never forget anything those b**** got up to although my grand-parents did meet in an air raid shelter!
But to the topic in point... why would anyone want to dress up as BFC - it's a bit like admitting you're a useless little w** before the first shot is fired. I can understand the Euro SS a little bit more as 'if you can't beat them' etc. but if we continue that idea the French Army for the past 200 years would have been French-British-French-British-French-Prussian-German-French-German plus regular defections to the Algerian, Angolan and Vietnamese armies more recently 
So BFC = NO unless you're happy to spend the game tied up in a shed before the firing squad. Any SS = prey as far as I am concerned. I certainly don't give warning prior to lobbing in a grenade....
Some interesting snippets on Hitlers foreign legions here
http://www.germanwarmachine.com/hitlersforeignlegions/index.htm
Anyone interested in the research thats been done on this subject might want to look at Bills website http://www.bills-bunker.de/
Bill Medland's site IIRC. Quality bloke. Shocking news about his health though 
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
Yes it is Kermit 
and as for his news its so sad considering what they've had going on in their life recently and now this You've reminded me I need to pm beate
thx for the link kermit, interesting
"Take that you rotton helping of strawberry flan!"
Joseph Porta to "strawberrys and cream", in the sven hassel book ,ogpu prison
