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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 6:15 am Post subject: The Donington E - Boat |
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As unlikely as it may seem, there is a connection between Donington Race Circuit and a German E-Boat.
In 1944 four German E-Boats attacked some American Landing craft that were making their way to Lyme Bay on England's south coast in a practice exercise ahead of the D-Day landings.
Entrepreneur Kevin Wheatcroft (owner of Donington Race Circuit) purchased the last surviving German schnellboot S-130 - for £1 in 2009 and plans to restore it back to its 1943 configuration and performance.
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