Ian L Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 The can itself is quite common but what's painted on it is very interesting. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201516189163?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Ah but what I'm looking for Ian is the 375,000,000th cardboard box produced in readiness for D-Day. Did you see the switch he has that is popular on certain trailers? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-EX-MILITARY-VEHICLE-LUCAS-31001-DIP-SWITCH-AUSTIN-BEDFORD-DAIMLER-HUMBER-/291675646786?hash=item43e9392b42:g:kr8AAOSwa-dWsLBN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Ah but what I'm looking for Ian is the 375,000,000th cardboard box produced in readiness for D-Day. Just re-reading my post in the light of day Ian. Although it was meant to be jokey it was not meant to be flippant, the figure was not plucked out of the air! I share a curiosity with statistics of supply, whether they are jerrycans or cartons & boxes. I was impressed, by not just the figure, but by the effort made by a range of ordinary people to help in any way they could. The extract came from a 1945 edition of an Army Quarterly. Seeing your link & recalling the statistic reminded me I am trying to collect these publications. Went hunting & bought these, so your post helped me expand the collection. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231816249375?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I did read somewhere 5, 000, 000 Jerry cans were allocated to the Normandy invasion. However by the time it came to the crossing of the Rhine, only 3,000, 000 could be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mash Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 That's because every French farmer liberated some soon after they themselves were liberated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Yes I know! On the 65th anniversary I repatriated two that had been in the back of a barn since 1944. Funny enough they were sand coloured and that was the original colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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