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    nice cargo

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    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

    British Taller Truck

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    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

    Scammell Front 1944

    in Transporters & Wreckers (All Nations)

    Posted

    @ 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

    Scammell Front 1944

    in Transporters & Wreckers (All Nations)

    Posted

    Nice shiny staples here :-D

     

    I was given a small 1941 war office book called Notes On Recovery, I have never seen another one. Is this very rare?

     

    It's staples are too rusty to allow scanning which is a shame as it has some interesting bits in it.

     

    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

    Military Mobile Nuclear artillery

    in Artillery & Anti-Tank Weapons

    Posted

    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

    Photo from 1944/45

    in Research Centre

    Posted

    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

    Wartime fire engine Colours

    in Emergency Services

    Posted

    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

    Queen Mary Aircraft Recovery Trailers

    in Military Scale Models

    Posted

    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

    WW2 RAF Vehicles

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    Another Photo question, if I may?

    The photo below seems to show an RAF vehicle coming ashore at Omaha, it is from http://omahabeach.mulberry.free.fr/ [it is known that an RAF radar unit landed at Omaha, some men landing on D-Day] I was wondering if anyone can make aything of the (official) markings on the cab - some seem to be "American style" e.g 9*9P... and the Spade (playnig card suit) on the off-side.

    Cheers, Noel

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    WW2 RAF Vehicles

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    Here's a picture from another forum where the emhasis was the ME109 captured by the British - my question is about truck in the background with "Starter" written on it. Can any of you RAF experts tell me more about it, I wondered if it is a Pre-Heater van?

    Noel

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    D day waterproofing markings

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    Apologies if you already knew this but it is new to me:

    All softskin vehicles were progressively marked as the three stages of waterproofing were completed on them with 3”X1” strips painted on the offside front mudguard behind the wing lamp – Blue for stage A; Yellow for stage B and Red for stage C. Alternatively a White strip only for vehicles which could not be waterproofed

     

    Extract from 56 Inf. Admin Order

    "Waterproofing – B Vehs

    Units will carry out stage ‘A’ of waterproofing in unit lines or in Concentration Areas not more than 200 miles from Marshalling areas ……..When the REME offr supervising waterproofing is satisfied that stage ‘A’ is carried out efficiently he will have a blue mark

    3” X 1” painted on the offside front mudguard behind the wing lamp"

     

    Extract from “Detailed procedure for control of movements - Overlord”

    "VEHICLES NOT WATERPROOFED

    Certain vehicles are not capable of being waterproofed, and will be so indicated on the staff tables. They will also be marked with a WHITE strip 3" x 1" painted on the off-side wing behind the wing lamp, in lieu of the BLUE, YELLOW and RED colour bars normally used to denote completion of the three stages of waterproofing"

     

    Any comments or further information?

    Noel

    Hello everyone

    in Introductions & Welcomes

    Posted

    My name is Noel Burgess. I don't own any military vehicle and, sadly, dont ever expect to do so. I am mostly intersted in WW2 era softskin vehicles, particularly allied. This interest stems from building Airfix kits in youth and wanting to find out more about them.

    I live in Redcar on the north east coast of england. Recently Redcar was used as a filmset representing the Dunkirk evacuation for scenes from the forthcoming film "Atonement - more of this in your photos thread.

    Finally can I say how much I admire those of you who restore and run Military Vehicles of all ages

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