Bosnia Hercegovina and Croatia 2000 -01 Photo Gallery by Kev Belcher at pbase.com

Bosnia Hercegovina and Croatia 2000 -01

As a member of the UK Reserve Forces I volunteered for regular service with the British Army in 2000. Based in Banja Luka I was employed as a driver where I would spend nearly a year covering much of the country by road. These are snapshots of my time in Bosnia and my few visits to Croatia.

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Butmir - Sarajevo	Sarajevo Sunset			Oslobodenje newspaper building
	Mount Igman	United Nations Building	Parliment Building	Holiday Inn & Parliment Building	Downtown Sarajevo
Radio Station	Sarajevo Airport & Oslobodenje newspaper building	Modern Sarajervo	Abandoned Aircraft	Mt. Trebevic	Olympic Stadium
Tito Memorial	Tito Memorial at Tito Barracks, Sarajevo	Mine Awareness Poster	Driving down Snipers Alley	Business as usual	Snipers Alley
Bos Gradiska Border Control	Bos Gradiska & Sava River	At the Border near Jadjce	US Army Apache	US Army Blackhawk	US Army Blackhawk
Croatian Mi-24 Hind Attack Helicopters at Zagreb Airport	US Army Medivac	Czech Republic Mi-8 Hip	RAF Chinook at Prijedor	RAF Chinook at Prijedor	Nearly There...
Touchdown!!	Canadian Huey	Puma at BLMF	Hip 2 at Canadian Base Zgon	BLMF Heli Pads at sunset	Front Gate
British Forces HQ	MND (SW) HQ	BLMF at night	Winter at BLMF	BLMF POL Point	SFOR Car Wash
The Banja Luka Metal Factory	Journeys End	T-55 Gate Guard	Op Harvest	Sipovo	Bus Depot in MG
Corimec Accomodation	Local Police			Tito Memorial	Morning Mist
Royal Engineer handy work	Archibald Bridge	OUCH!!	Tito in the Trees	Ice Rover	Olympic Ski Jump
Tito's Fist	Overlooking Prozor on Route Opal	Prozor	Mosque's in Travnik	Somewhere in central Bosnia	Somewhere near Turbe
Mines in the backyard	Sawmill at Sipovo	Mrkonjic Grad	Banja Luka	Changing Tracks	Destroyed T-55
Bunker	Standard Vehicle Kit	Challenger 2	Warrior AFV	Loading Process	Spartan CVRT and Challenger 2 MBT
Challenger 2	Czech Republic BMP1's	Challenger 2 - Front	Challenger 2 - Rear	Dolly Bell's Night Club	Banja Luka Airport
Farmland near Banja Luka		Bridge repairs	Completed Bridge	The Vrbas River	Damaged Mosque near Banja Luka
Lipizzaner	Buskojez Lake	The Dimitor Valley	The Dutch Camp at Sisava	Destroyed House near Gornji Vakuf	Deserted Houses at Bugojno
The River Rama Dam on Route Opal	Orthodox Church	Church - Goute Gull	"Cheddar Gorge" - Route Gull	Horse and Cart on Route Pelican	Route Clog
Route Clog	Route Gull - Near Jagara	"Cheddar Gorge" - Goute Gull	Route Hornblower	Route Gull	Signs of the times
Route Clog - Winter	Route Clogg - Winter	Route Smudge	T-55's at VRS Camp - Manajca	Route Clog	My Motor - Toyota Landcruiser
Yours Truly	Croatian Flag	Supetar, Brac	Povlja, Brac	Povlja	Povlja
Split	Dubrovnik	Dubrovnik Town	McDonalds Drive Thru	Dubrovnik

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Guest		27-May-2011 06:58
Good pictures mate. Well done. I was in the second tour with the UN back in 1994 serving as a driver also. I remember driving Gannet but the other routes fail me now. Spent probably 20 hours if everyday on the road from Split to Vitez to Sarajevo to Rogatica to Gorazde. We were even held at Rogatica for 42 days once until they got bored and just let us go. I think us doing PT in the snow bare topped kinda broke their morale. I also remember that stupid reporter Kate Aidie getting shot at by the French at Sarajevo for paying the Serbs to shoot at the UN convoys for newsworthy pictures, silly girl. Long days but well worth it. I don't miss sleeping in tents in -20 though. Although we did take over a hotel in kiseljak if I remember rightly. Takes me right back.

Todd Benson		15-Oct-2010 17:01
Spent almost a year in Banja serving with the British Forces. Wish I could contact some of them I served with. We worked hard and always had a good time over a six pack of Stellas. The day I left they handcuffed me to an office chair, knowing damn well the helo was on the way in to take me the hell out of there. Funny stuff..I dragged that damn chair all the way to the flight line.

em		23-Jun-2010 07:54
I was an interpreter with Brits in Coralici 97/00 (22 s). All this time long I was trying to get in touch with Barry C, George C,Dave,Ian,Nick but no luck...although I hated Chevy Blazer speeding. Anyways, I live in Sarajevo now.

Dave		15-May-2010 04:01
Very nice i wish icould go back one day.I was there in 95 may to oct and a hostage from canbat 2.Many memories some of them good.I really enjoyed your photo's.

sean nolan		19-Nov-2009 23:01
good pics pal.i was at m/grad bus station and kupres in 1997 with 32 sqn rlc. it brings back some good memories of my time there.one of the best,running the half marathon in m/grad.i am trying to get the wife to go back on a road trip holiday,heres hoping.

Jorge Luz		27-Jul-2009 22:00
Good photos, I was IPTF member in Gradiska town/Banja Luka District , between October 97/October 98. I would like to return, to meet a lots friends that I left over there and also to see how are things nowdays. During my mission I travelled through the mission territory, that why I recognised most of the places in yours photos. (sorry the english) I hope you understand everything I wrote.

Paul Dunford		27-Dec-2008 22:41
Kev Good job. I wonder what the place looks like today?? I think I will go back without this dam uniform and see if I can find some of my friends. I was there in 96-97 posted to the Vraca Police Academy as part of the United Nations I.P.T.F. Lived with a Serb family in Osijek in south Sarajevo. The Brits took took good care of us wayward Canadians - Thanks.

Gary		18-Oct-2008 20:56
I spent 96/97 going round all the British camps regularly, didnt get the chance to take too many photos - but recognised most of the places in yours! Well done!

Roy		26-Aug-2008 20:55
Great pics mate. I was at Banja Luka for the last ever contingent of Brit forces and got to see a lot of this beautiful country. I hope it works out for them and will get back there one day, hopefully not in uniform!

gordon france		01-Jul-2008 19:41
served six months in kupres with 10 regt enginere support 1999 these photos bring back so many memories cheers

Guest		19-Mar-2008 17:11
David Rowlands Great photos. I was a war artist based with the British Army in Bosnia in Spring 1993: Vitez, Gornji Vakuf, Turbe, etc. In 1995 I was at Sarajevo & Mount Igman. Often it was impossible to stop and take carefully composed photos in the streets because of the snipers, so it's nice to see these photos. OSeveral times I came in contact with Canadian soldiers. For my paintings see www.davidrowlands.co.uk

Rob		02-Feb-2008 21:32
Served with the BRITFOR signal squadron 2001-2002, mostly at Banja Luka. Managed to avoid an RTA in my time there, and tried to spend as much time as I could chatting up an Estonian woman in the ECHOS, also great ham and cheese toasties. Memorably moment was watching the Gurkhas try (and largely fail) to put their flag up at the shoe factory in MG if i remember correctly.

STEVEN LEBLANC		11-Nov-2007 11:37
I was part of UNPROFOR CANBAT 2 VISOKO,1993-1994 and to see all the changes is excellent. i will be coming back as tourist soon !!

Dave		11-Oct-2007 11:33
Well done on the sightseeing and not succuming to any major RTA; some achievment in Bosnia and Croatia. I served in Bosnia during 93/94 and 95/96 as part of UNPROFOR/IFOR, again with Nato in 98 and 2002 and i can honestly say i have been to all the locations in your vast collection of photos, and indeed many more. Memories, good and bad came flooding back and looking back i must admit that of all my operational tours, Bosnia brings back the best memories. Hopefully we as a unit will attempt to conduct a battlefield tour some time next year. Look out for a web page and more photos. Well done.

Ken Allen		12-Aug-2007 21:27
Excellent pics mate. I was there in 96 attached to the 4th UK armoured Div as a US Army PsyOp support element. I spent most of my time in Sipovo but covered much of MNDSW. Had many good nights on the pi** with my British counterparts. Still entertain people with the pigs head incident...to absent friends, CHEERS!!!

Dan Pearson		03-Jul-2007 04:59
Great photo's, I was in Bos firstly in 1992 with UNPROFOR in Gjorni Vakuf & tomislavgrad then again in 1995 - 1996 at Gjorni Vakuf & Banja Luka as UN/IFOR. Would love to go back one day to see how much its changed, have many found memories of nights on the P**S in the ming inn GV!!

Stephen Moon		04-Jan-2007 21:01
Great photo's. I was in Bosnia for a year 2001 to 2002 on attachment to the UN International Police Task Force, based at UN HQ in Sarajevo in the old university building, working on the Border Service Dept then acting as the National Liasion officer between the UN and NATO forces in Camp Butmir. I lived with a Muslim family for the first part of my mission, close to Tito barracks and then with a Serb family, just outside the city. Although things had calmed down alot, we still had gun fire most days and the abandoned plane was still on the airport apron. I went back in 2004 with my wife to find so many things had improved. The abandoned plane had been moved and the once shell damaged newspaper building had also had its damaged tower cleared. Fantasic place with great people and well worth a visit

Robert Gaiser		09-Dec-2006 17:55
My what great photos, and oh the memories. I was a Military Police Sergeant Major assigned to Multinational Brigade (North) at Tulza and dont think I ever had a better tour of duty. I had the pleasure of working with British MP's during the Pope's visit.

Owen		09-Sep-2006 13:00
Misspelling? Manjaca rather than Manajca? Thanks for a very interesting collection of pictures of Bosnia.

Rick		19-Jun-2006 22:58
very good, I was out there when the fun was really getting going 1992-94, working for the UNHCR running the aid convoys into Sarajevo,Zenica,Mostar etc. We were based in metkovic on the Croatian Bosnian border, it was the best job i`ve ever had and the most memorable experience of my life!! Your photos bought back some memories, particulaly Sarajevo, the TV/Newspaper building was amazing to see collapsed (especially as it was still smoking!!) Sniper alley as we knew it was the dual carriageway that ran from Sarajevo Airport down the west side of the city and then into the city, past the newspaper building etc. what a rush driving down that road, small arms fire, machine guns, AK`s, mortars, RPG`s, you name we used to get it!! I loved it and hated all at the same time and now I just miss it.thanks for the memories. Rick.

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