Great War truck

Ah you see, it is not what you know, but who you know. We became very friendly with the warden who allowed us to take our trucks and stuff up there. I have been up there three times with MV's and it is very interesting. However, you have to know what you are looking at otherwise things will pass you by. There are as you say 4 TLC but there is also one Higgins boat. Did you notice the line of post holes running back on each side of the TLC? They had fitted scaffolding type poles in them then hung canvas from them to enclose the sides of the landing craft. Several TLC have big gouges in the entrances where the Sherman drivers messed up their reversing. One of them has the name written in the wet cement by an engineer who was involved in building them from the 146th Engineer Btn. They landed in the first wave at Omaha with the 29th Div clearing the obstacles. If you are interested in more info on the location then drop me a PM. I have books for sale! Tim (too)

Darn it. I knew i should have gone for cap badges instead. Well, back in the box lads. Tim (too)

This one is a Fowler road locomotive that was built for the WD during the war and in this photo has its original name "Lafayette". However, this was not to be for long, as it appeared in this guise only a couple of times before being totally repainted in its post war Pickfords livery and carried a different name. A shame. Aveling and Porter made a number of steam rollers for the WD and one has just been restored in its military livery. It carries the large letters WE as opposed to WD (copied from a period photograph) which we understand is for War Engineers, or has anybody got a better explanation. I will look for a photo i took of it at Great Dorset. Tim (too)

Didn't know that. From which beach did they start from and to which town did they get to? Tim (too)

I have go a cracking collection of WW2 (and some WW1) cloth patches and was wondering how to display them. I have some very suitable frames, but think that if i put them up in the light they might fade. That gives me the option of my downstairs toilet/shower room which has no windows. My worry is that they might then suffer from damp/condensation and be ruined that way, so i can only leave them in its current display case (a closed card board box). My other option is to put them in the downstairs WC and take them out every time someone has a shower. Does anybody have any thoughts or have displayed cloth patches in their house some other way. Tim (too)

Looks good. I will await your review before i buy it. Tim (too)

Funny that. I quite agree as I got all mine out to look for something and have started re reading them all. Brilliant magazine. I have got every CMV and MMI, but i wonder whether i will ever sit down and re read all of them like i do with W&T. Probably one day, so i will just keep tucking them away until that day comes. Tim (Too) PS. Yes, you can still get all the After the Battles and most of the Wheels and Tracks. However if you are missing a lot of W&T you might be better off buying the whole set as it was available for just £75.

I would have guessed Canada as well.

I will see what i can do. It is interesting that these places manage to survive, but out there, there is just so much space it is not worth the bother of trying to remove them. It is interesting that someone had repainted all the doors though. Tim (too)

What do you mean by greatest advance? The furthest inroads from the Normandy beaches, or furthest drop by parachute or glider landing behind German lines. Tim (too)

Quite right. :-D :evil: :schocked: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/Greatwartruck/Steam.jpg[/img] Tim (too)

Hang on, i know what i said http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/Greatwartruck/GMC.jpg[/img] but thats not my Jeep. I have a photo somehwere. Keep looking, keep looking. Tim (too)

Very good. Well done.

OoH! I Know, i Know. :cheesy: I have driven my Jeep on and off there several times. Great fun. Tim (too)

Thanks for that. It is what i thought, but that confirms it. Time to shop for lubricants again. Tim (too)

Do the Jeep, Dodge GMC'S etc have bronze in them? Tim (too)

Well done everyone. They are indeed ammo bunkers. http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/Greatwartruck/DSCN0958.jpg[/img] Wrong location though. It is in fact the "Green River" ammunition plant in Illinois USA. Here is some more info about it The Green River Ordnance Plant, also known as the Green River Arsenal, was a large munitions factory complex between Dixon and Amboy in Lee County, Illinois. It was rapidly constructed in 1942 and just as quickly shut down in 1945. Stewart-Warner Corporation operated the complex to produce rocket-propelled bazooka ammunition for use during World War II. [1] It lies on the south side of U.S. Highway 30. The photos are ammunition storage bunkers and gosh there is a lot of them. This particular cluster consisted of 30 and there were many more alongside the road. For miles as you drive down the highway there are individual factorys very well spaced away from each other. They were all closed at the end of the war and left and are now in a bad state of repair. Of course being in the USA they are very concerned about people hurting themselves so they are well fenced off with lots of warning signs preventing you getting too close (or in fact anywhere near them). The bunkers however you can walk all over if you feel the urge. I was quite suprised to see that all the doors had been newly painted. I couldnt get in though as they were rusted shut. Well there you go, thats what i was doing on Boxing day 2004. Mad as a brush. Tim (too)

Some good guesses, but you have not quite got it yet. This might help a bit. http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/Greatwartruck/DSCN0961.jpg[/img] Tim (too)

For a Mammoth? No they are far too big.

OK Just for something a bit different, the question is, what exactly am i looking at and where is it? http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/Greatwartruck/DSCN0957.jpg[/img] Tim (too)

Thanks for that, I do not have it and it looks quite interesting. I looked it up on Abe and found 20 copies for sale ranging in price from £8 to £120. I think i will go for the cheaper one. Thanks again Tim (too)

Ah yes, thats right, now i remember you. Last years one wasn't it. Small old world. Tim (too)

Well thats about as Cornish a name as you can get. My Father remebers seeing Charlie Mann driving a rough looking GMC through Penryn in the 1940's. A pity i never made it to the museum, but we do still have the auction catalogue somewhere and we ended up with one of the trucks in the auction (the FWD) although it was not part of the collection. Tim (too)

Excellent work! Is this the same type of dolly that was used by Antar recovery trucks? Tim (too)

That reminds me, i was approached by an old boy who was on 25 pdrs in Korea. While firing a barrage the round blew up in the barrel of his 25pdr blowing the gun to bits. None of the crew were hurt which was a bit miraculous. The RSM took the crew off another 25pdr and made the ones who's gun had just blown up carry on using that one instead. Psychology i suppose. He showed me all the photos. It was amazing that none of them were killed. Tim (too)