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Just wondered if anyone had any experience of this.
It's my Dad's 70th this weekend and he's away at his house in Normandy - I'm driving down to surprise him at his 'party'. As I'll be in Normandy (near Carentan) and one of his friends over there has a restored WW2 jeep, I'm planning on taking my 101st loadout with me to get some decent pictures. Whilst I doubt and C&E/Police will stop me at the chunnel (either end), I'm worried about taking my Thompson!
Has anyone done this, and do I need any official documentation with me?
Jon Steele
1st Sgt, Fox Company, 506th, 101st
OC
Might be worth contacting AFRA. As a member you would get good advice I'm sure.
Unfortunately I'm not a member!
Jon Steele
1st Sgt, Fox Company, 506th, 101st
OC
Bah!! I'm thinking of SgtAsh.
Yep, who incidently is now a father - his airsofting days are over for a while 
Jon Steele
1st Sgt, Fox Company, 506th, 101st
OC
Yep, who incidently is now a father - his airsofting days are over for a while
Becoming a father didn't stop me... 
And it won't stop me for a second time either this summer! lol
Yep, who incidently is now a father - his airsofting days are over for a while
Becoming a father didn't stop me...
And it won't stop me for a second time either this summer! lol
my time for airsoft got seriously reduced after my second child, but i still make a few a year, 
"Take that you rotton helping of strawberry flan!"
Joseph Porta to "strawberrys and cream", in the sven hassel book ,ogpu prison
I can talk from experience ( playing in the US) UK customs ( at the airport) asked to see my UKARA membership the first time i returned from the US, the second they looked me up and cleared me through I suspect that its the same border agency at ferry ports and im guessing the same knowledge as airport border agency
paul
On Line in store and in your face
www.ai-mag.com
Now with added WWII Airsoft Appeal
you could just ring them and ask. from the horses mouth so to speak.
you could just ring them and ask. from the horses mouth so to speak.
Or indeed the chevauxs (if he rings to French customs)!
Thanks for the replies, in the end I chanced it - had a worrying moment on the departure from UK when they stopped me to take an explosive residue swab from the steering wheel and door handles! They asked me the usual did you pack the car yourself and do you have any fire arms questions - I said no, I didn't think my plastic, battery operated M1A1 counted. Didn't get checked at all on the way back.
Anyway, I got some excellent shots in and around some genuine Normandy hedgerows, with a fine example of a WW2 dated jeep. I'll post some up when I've got them looking period. The jeep owner also gave me a tour of some of the local battle sites and we found a large pile of .30 cal casings in a ditch where an American MG nest had been. I've got a few of the better examples to clean up. He's offered to take me on an extended tour next time I'm over there.
Jon Steele
1st Sgt, Fox Company, 506th, 101st
OC
