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Noel

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  • Birthday 12/14/1950
  1. Re Jeep Bailey bridge loads - I have an article in a (very) old Military Modelling magazine about this - I will try t look it out. Noel
  2. The second picture looks to be a "Greenland Sledge" as featured in "Combined Operations Pamphlet No 35A - Royal Engineers (1943)". It is the larger of two sleds covered in this pamphlet as being available to the RE for carrying equipment ashore. Noel
  3. First picture is not a glider - its a spotter aircraft (stinson or Piper?) There are photos of a similar vehicle/load boarding a landing ship for D-Day and at least one made it ashore at Omaha, Noel
  4. The one on the left is a type B - normally with a Horizontal Mill and a pillar drill as it's main equipments. On the right looks to me to say type D which would carry a watch makers lathe, tool room lathe and tool grinder but I have always seen these described as using a House Type body - it alo seems to be wearing a Canadian Maple Leaf Noel
  5. @ Clive - Scans received in good condition, Thank you very much. I note that the last page credits pictures to the article from "british machine tool engineering" to which I referred in the last link I posted (recovery in the field) - the whole of the Jan/Feb/March 1944 issue of British Machine Tool Engineering was dedicated to articles about REME but the section I linked to is the only part of this magazine I have ever found - anybody know anything about the rest of this magazine? @ Gritineye - That certainly looks like an interesting book. Seasons Greetings Noel
  6. A copy of "Guide to Recovery; Layouts for A & B vehicles; Recovery Notes &Vahicle Data" is available online at the AEC Matador & Militant owners club website - http://www.aecmilitant.co.uk/downloads.html- dont think this will be the same as the book mentioned by Gritineye as it is a REME training publication (undated) Could I also mention this site - http://www.raeme.info/toc.php?cat=rec&item=1#article - which has a copy of an article called Recovery in the feild [1944]" Noel
  7. This time a personal anecdote about corporal - My grandparents lived in the village of Old Dalby, then the location of a large Technical Stores Depot. Whilst on holiday with them (probably aged about nine or ten so 1959/60/61 ish) a loaded transporter/errector lorry pulled up at the gate and I was asked "which way to TSD Old Dalby". To say I was gobsmacked is probably an understatement, all I could do was point [i can clearly remember how huge the wheels seemed] It was several days before the glazed expression wore off Noel
  8. September 1959 issue celebrates the first test firing of Corporal - on a range in the outer Hebrides
  9. Just been skimming through some "Soldier" magazines which I was given as a child - found a few bits on artilery missiles - these from May 1956
  10. Diagonal white stripe starting top left usually represents GHQ or Line of communication units. Cant find any reference to the number 1898. If it is an Albion BY5 then it should be an FBE lorry - This should be the only role in which Albions were used in 21st Army Group but there's always the exception which proves the rule. Noel
  11. From another forum, I was made aware of some wartime colour film including a review of civil defence workers by Winston Churchill in July 1941 - there is a short view of two fire engines which are coloured red and khaki. Never heard of this before, have I missed something? any comments?can anyone identify the vehicles? Link to the film - http://www.westendatwar.org.uk/page_id__135_path__0p27p.aspx relevant part is at 1:54 Noel p.s. not many vehicle shots but some other interesting stuff - take a look around
  12. Please do put more of your machinery lorry photos up here, and do the same for U.S. vehicles please. The third yes is for the victory parade. I too have looked for photos of this, most that I found were posted by you in another forum. For anyone who wants to know what was in the parade - there is a transcript of the programme (and a couple of pictures) here- http://www.naval-history.net/WW2MiscVictoryParade1.htm Noel
  13. Been watching this thread with interest and have finally found the magazine article which I new was somewhere in the "swamp". It's an Airfix Magazine article from Feb 1972, by Gerald Scarborough, [this before Airfix made the kit] about scratch building a 3 ton Queen Mary whith scale drawings, including a Bedford OX. Anyone want a scan? The article also mentions a book "Waterloo Iron Works, a hisstory of Taskers of Andover 1809 - 1968" by L.T.C. Rolt; [i say again ROLT]; ISBN 071534658X .Aparently covers the story of the development of the QM. Could be worth a visit to your local library. Noel
  14. I agree with the second photo being a crosey and show a couple more photos to show this wonderfully "stylish" vehicle in more detail Noel
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