Trying to work out how much it cost to drive home from Herford Germany to Sunderland UK to show off my new born daughter in 1968 but can't remember price of petrol coupons. Anybody remember?

thanks for the welcome john boy and your answer to my question, but I'm hoping someone will come with a more helpful answer than cheap, lol

I too will be interested in the answer as I did a similar journey in reverse with a new born son from Durham to Bielefeld in Autumn 1971

Hope we find out soon JPW. I am doing a small article for an ex Serviceman's Organisation (Fellowship of the Services) newsletter that I edit. I will be printing the newsletter over the weekend ready for the August Mess meeting next Tuesday,so had hoped for a quick reply. Nt to worry, I can always hold it over for the September edition.

are BFG fuel coupons valid outside BFG, in my day you could only use them inside BAOR, would interest me to know that's all.

never heard of them being valid ouside BAOR

I'm pretty sure you could use them anywhere in Germany.

In the 70s we were camping in northern Italy and the weather was vile.
I remember saying to my wife, "If we're going to get rained on, we might as well get rained on in Bavaria, at least we can use our petrol coupons there".

(They could only be used in designated filling stations, BP for a while, then it would be Aral).

They couldn't be used outside BAOR. If a military vehicle was used for Adventure Training/Exercising outside BAOR then they had to use Official Duty Coupons, obtained from HQ BAOR. From around the early 80s BP Coupons could be used at Shell outlets.

Back in the 50s and up to 1965 they were only valid in Germany. On one occasion I was running low coming off the ferry in Ostend. Made it to Germany just in the nick. ('E' on the gauge means "enough".)

As I recall we had BP for the most part, but Aral and Gasolin both snuck in at the odd time. Don't remember Shell coupons ever being issued.

I cannot be sure, but wasn't there a BP filling station somewhere near Ghent or Wankum on the way to Ostende ,which accepted petrol coupons? Or was this the place where the jerry cans were thrown into the bush after topping up with 'procured' petrol.

Galahad, are you thinking of Zeebrugge - the biggest Jerry can "Storage area" in Western Europe?

I seem to remember that there were Shell ones valid for Holland. Never used any there, but like Recce I remember coming of the fairy at Ostend and just getting into Germany to gas up.

Any body remember gas less Sundays after the 73 Israel/Arab war?