wally dugan

STEVE

RUDDINGTON was mainly disposals of B AND C VEHICLES ASHCHURCH was 12 B VEHICLE DEPOT

HI l have had no luck up to now lots of everthing else going to be away this weekend but a friend is coming monday and tuesday to try and finish going through the last of the files with me will let you know soon as

WALLY

l think you my be thinking of 72 B VEHICLE DEPOT at MARKET HARBOROUGH which is near to RUDDINGTON

HI l think you will find that its a second glider pilots wings

No its one on AMERICAN WW2 VEHICLE MARKINGS there is a section on bridge classification numbers and vehicle type

may be like the british system lots of amendments over 4/5 years l have been looking at a differant subject on british

markings and came across this quote this system is well covered by the regulations but still personal are using there own ihterpretation may be the yanks had some british signwriters

l SEE l am not the only one looking up American bridge plates after this l found a site which gave lists of vehicles and

bridge class numbers if it is correct two and half ton GMCs where class 10 I Have always said do not know much about

American trucks but love DODGES so you may not be on your own at the back of the class

BILL l would like to add what a great credit to you is the K9 as to painting wheel nuts in about 1967 we got a CHAMP

from a local TA talk about over kill it had white ends to the bumpers and bumperetes and wheelnuts petrol cap painted red trailer socket yellow white blancoed tow rope thats what l can remember o and the retaining studs on the hub where red

As far as british use of GMC 352/353 in all my books on bridge plate numbers used between 1939 and 1945 it states the

number 8 as the one to be used and thank you for explaining the number 8 in the picture

There was a WD DREWRY 0 4 O LOCO named RORKES DRIFT AT BEVERLEY it had the number 2047 if l remember

rightly

HI

It sounds like a bridge plate but l unstood that the Americans followed the British way with bridge plates by fixing them to

the front of vehicles seems strange to put it on the side but l bet someone knows why

THANKS BILL

Picture 18 in post 25 brought back memories WFX 299 was with me at the museum on loan for a number of years from

very nice lady MRS IRELAND

HI RICHARD

PLEASE DO not think l was suggesting you where speculating if you read my post about about a committee meeting

held about future engines for the military after the war engine failures where mentioned it was i who was specpulating

that the B RANGE was the engine been discussed which was as you know was waterproofed as standard if the K5s engine

suffered damage due to wading would not be prudent to do something about it with the next generation of new engines it was me who was speclulating

REGARDS WALLY

IF as Richard says the problem was caused by wading would it not be a subject to be raised when talking about a new

range of engines for the military as l said l do not like speculation

HI

NICE PICTURE looks like a mack ac

HI

NOT wanting to confuse things but can some tell why l have a letter from my local fire arms officer on the question

about 66mm launch tubes [ l quote l have sought the view of mr xxx xxxxxx a forensic scientist who informs me that

the 66mm launch tubes were section 5 firearms having been fired he regards the launch tubes as scrap and you may

retain possession of these items without the need for them to be entered on your certificate] these were not deactivated

and sadly l no longer have them confusing aint it

when and if l find the file l will be able to tell you all the things you want to know

REGARDS WALLY

As promised l started to look through the files in the loft l found a file of correspondence between Bart and my self

as you will be aware we where looking at the development of the ROLLS ROYCE B series of engines when we came across

reference to failure of engines during world war 2 What l have found is no indivilual manufacturer was named in the

document this could be for a number of reasons all of which would be speculation on my behalf We did write to ROLLS

ROYCE on the subject of the committee meeting and the report but the reply was in the negative all of this was in 1989

and 1990 l have only got half way through the files and lF l find the report l will post it on the forum it has surprised me how much stuff l have collected and forgotten about it which makes it even harder that you tend to read ever thing which slows

the job down

REGARDS WALLY

is it to do with overhead cables or wires if not its for knocking down coconuts

is it for signalling to aircraft from under the jungle canopy

is it japanese and to do with Broad casting

is it to do with demolitions [america ]

a listening device

early radiation scanner

A metal scanner

two AUSTIN CHAMPS one series 2A LIGHTWEIGHT and a red TR 4