pbhawkin Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Hi, Was the CMP C60 tanker used by the RAF in WW2 ? I guess probably in the middle East but was it used in the European theater or on RAF airfields at home? PS pictures would be great , regards Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz48 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 The vehicles I can find listed as tanker/refueling for the RAF UK/Europe are Albion A.M. 463 4 x 2, 350-gal Petrol Tanker AEC. 854 & 0854, 6 x 6, 2,500-gal Petrol Tanker (used by RAF & USA-AC) Bedford QL, 4 x 4, 950 & 1,000-gal Petrol Tanker Fordson WOT1, 6 x 4 1,000-gal Petrol Tanker Plus a number of Tractor towable Trailer Oil/Petrol Tanker units:- CMP Chevrolet vehicles listed as Tanker on the Chilwell list are in Census number range L-5590405 – 5590504 Contract SM-2582 L-5809000 – 5809029 Contract SM-6122 L-5833357 - 5833456 Contract SM-2582 L-6233265 - 6233267 Contract SM-6060 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAFMT Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I've not seen C60s being used, and certainly not in the UK. I've seen the 1533(?) being used as a refueler out in the mid-east. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryH57 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Baz, do any of the Chilwell lists exist online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz48 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 22 hours ago, LarryH57 said: Baz, do any of the Chilwell lists exist online? Hi Larry I don't know of any Chilwell list existing online and I have only seen copies of the one titled "Allocation by Central Census Tanks and Vehicles of "B" Vehicles W.D. Numbers first edition Royal Army Ordnance Corps Central Ordnance Depot, Chilwell Nov 44" The copy I owned (lent out not returned denied having) was the same as one loan to me for copying and is on full scape paper not easily copied on my A-4 photocopier. For my own reasons I transferred that copy on to my computer and subsequently rearranged its format digitally so I can be retrieved information using a search function. I believe someone in the Netherland did a reprint but that was long ago. I would say the copy I had was upto 23rd Nov 1944 with looseleaf additions upto the end of the war Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Rob van Meel (Groucho Publishing) produced the copies. There are no Air Ministry contracts in it only ones for B vehicles for RAOC Chilwell supply purposes. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz48 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 23 hours ago, LarryH57 said: Baz, do any of the Chilwell lists exist online? 1 hour ago, Richard Farrant said: Rob van Meel (Groucho Publishing) produced the copies. There are no Air Ministry contracts in it only ones for B vehicles for RAOC Chilwell supply purposes. Richard I would suggest this is now completely off topic a curio of the Chilwell list is this:- L.514876 to 514975 V.3959 52 Bedford Lorry 3ton 4x2 Direct to R.A.F I used to assume vehicles listed on the Chilwell list were purely for the Army and were soft skins, not so 1/2 tracks some A/C's Armoured command post and vehicles used by the Royal Marines often drawn from Army stock so carried Army Census numbers. To get an idea of miriad vehicle types used by the Army and Airforce around D-Day a small training pamphlet Rafting and Bridging of April 44 is quite an eye opener and going back to the beginning of this post No CMP - C60 tanker is listed in either the listing of vehicles for the Army or Airforce for Europe and only the Army list CMP-C60 as GS and Office bodies but would suggest taking any of the above as totally correct only with a pinch of salt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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