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    WW2 Ghost ships re-surface !

    in Naval section

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    27 minutes ago, Bob Grundy said:

    Battleships ? Sunk by soldiers ?  very poor reporting (but what do we expect nowadays..)

    From this article, transports not battleships:-

    The smashed, sea-bleached wrecks are the remnants of transport vessels that were captured by the U.S. Navy and deliberately scuttled in the aftermath of the battle. As Iwo Jima had no port, the ships were sunk parallel to the shoreline to form a breakwater — shielding both weapons and troops from oncoming waves as they were unloaded onto the island, according to the US National Archives. 

    https://www.livescience.com/iwo-jima-ghost-ships-resurface

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    1918 USA colours

    in I may be stupid, but......

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    From the Model T Ford Forum:-

    'The World War I Quartermaster Olive Drab was described by Charles Lemons, curator of the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, as the colour of pig slop, that is a very muddy olive brown. The colour for this Olive Drab was established by the Manual for the Quartermaster Corps, 1917, Par. 3964. The pigments used to mix Olive Drab were very simple: black and ochre.'

    The whole topic:-

    http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/708324/726541.html?1487529624

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    Red Cross Trucks/Vehicles - WW2

    in Emergency Services

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    "The Prisoner of War May 1945" 

    The official journal of the Prisoners of War Department of the Red Cross and St John War Organisation. This edition covers the Editors comments, Repatriation Arrangements, Liberation comes to Stalag IXA

    To see the whole of "The Prisoner of War May 1945" click on the image in the link. I haven't read it so I don't know if it will be helpful. 

    https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/22592

    MCurnockRM1815605-171114-021.2.jpg

    Trailer for identification

    in Trailers, plant and equipment

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    Major Cecil Vandepeer Clarke MC founder of Lolode:-

    Clarke moved to Bedford and became director of HP Webb and Co Ltd., a motor manufacturing firm. He registered patents relating to engine design. In 1924 he bought a house in Tavistock Street, Bedford, together with an adjacent commercial garage; here he started his own engineering firm. In his spare time he built his own design of car engine, but he found that it was not commercially viable because other manufacturers could make similar engines more economically.

    Clarke's brother ran a large farm and Clarke realized that there was a market for trailers of various types. Clarke thought that existing two-wheeled trailers waggled about too much – particularly horse boxes. He established the Low Loading Trailer Company Ltd. (LoLode for short) in Bedford. LoLode produced a wide range of trailers based on Clarke's design for a low-slung chassis and four close-coupled wheels with a stable suspension system. LoLode became known for building caravans to customer requirements. Standard features included Clarke's anti-rolling system with shock absorbers and hydraulic brakes. On-board batteries, water tanks, petrol generators and other internal equipment attracted attention at shows. Clarke's chassis and suspension design allowed passengers travelling in the caravan (which was permitted at that time) at a speed of 40 mph (64 km/h) to pour drinks without spilling them, and some LoLode caravans even featured a gimbal-mounted chemical toilet for use while travelling.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Vandepeer_Clarke

    RAF Blue in WW2- Fact or Fiction

    in I may be stupid, but......

    Posted

    1 hour ago, LarryH57 said:

    4. Regarding the WAAAF on the Fordson N I have posted this on HMVF before.  I did wonder if this was a colourised photo. Assuming it isn't I have been told on here that it may be a hurriedly purchased civi tractor that were switched from being orange and delivered in gloss green. It still has the Fordson lettering picked out in red - orange. As for the wheels ???

    I'm still convinced that this photo is colourized, but not questioning whether the others are original colour or colourized. 

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