Good find of photos
 

Al- Interesting find of photos several others in the series that Will be of interest to CMP nuts

Cheers Phil

Hi Al

Can you please provide a reference link to the original page/s these images were found on?

Thanks

Pic with the P40
 

Have found some information on that aircraft which indicates the date and location of the shot as:

From ADF Serials

From the look of the rear fuselage I'd say this was taken after the tailwheel retracted in March 1944, although the markings are consistent with No2 OTU.

From the same source
 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/10...5182/spit6.jpg

Link.

In the background..
 

Gents:

This should be the link to the website with the RAAF P-40's.


http://www.p40warhawk.com/WW2_Era/Photos/Photos.htm


There are also some nice shots of 414 Sqn RCAF P-40B/Cs in England.


Al Davis

Not a CMP, but still an aircraft as the main subject.

Back to CMPs!

C60L Cab 12
 

The attached pic came from the AWM. The more significant thing is I will be interviewing one of the men in this picture soon. His name is Jack Caple and he's 2/24th and was a Rat of Tobruk.

In the background ...

... here's the original pic on google Life

and note the tyre chains hanging on the front. :thup:

CMPs in Eritrea, 1941
 

These CMPs are with 41 Battery of the 15th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - the Manx Regiment - in Eritrea (Ethiopia) in early 1941.

The first one was in the background of a photo but if I'd posted the whole thing its name "Anita" and census number would have been illegible.

They show some good examples of camouflage. The Regiment used CMP vehicles throughout the war.

... in the background
 

Source: Library and Archives Canada
Caption: Drivers and ambulances of No.3 Section, Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (R.C.A.S.C.), Farnborough, England, 12 January 1945.
Credit: Sgt. Karen M. Hermiston / Canada Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-188819

... in the background
 

Source: Library and Archives Canada
Caption: Private M.M. Barnhart and Lance-Corporal C.G. Balazs talking with children attending a Christmas party sponsored by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, Elshout, Netherlands, 17 December 1944.
Credit: Lieut. H. Gordon Aikman / Canada Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-152493

... a couple more ... really in the background
 

... look and you shall see ...

1. - Source: Library and Archives Canada
Caption: Infantrymen of The Highland Light Infantry of Canada attaching drag ropes to a six-pounder anti-tank gun, Thaon, France, 6 August 1944.
Credit: Lieut. Ken Bell / Canada Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-131365

2. - Source: Library and Archives Canada
Caption: Personnel of the Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.) with a 4.2-inch mortar, Militello, Italy, 22 August 1943.
Credit: Lieut. Jack H. Smith / Canada Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-188916

Just noticed this question. Most of the marching men seem to be wearing Eye-Shields, Anti Gas. The first two have them over their eyes and the others raised on their helmets. They seem to have been fairly commonly used early in the war as dust shields.

Sorry no CMPs in this picture but the best illustration that I could find.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7...hbnnsf2.th.jpg

From Life Magazine @ Google:

Cmp
 

Nice find Hanno. Truly not the focus of the photograph!

Took a second or two before you saw it, didn´t it? ;)

H.

About 30-45 seconds, Hanno.
Damn, I hate it when my eyes are getting so old/bad.

Just for fun, precisely what/which CMP have you captured here???

Bill

It's a cab 13 and if the Arab standing in front of it is full size it must be bigger than a 15 cwt. It has a radio aerial mounted on the passenger side. Can anybody add any more?

Bill,

About 30-45 seconds is very good for someone who is not a CMP anorak like Keith ;)

I agree with David, it's a cab 13, probably a 3-ton or Field Artillery Tractor chassis. The cab top has been removed and two small aeroscreens added. I cannot see any clues as to it's role: GS, FAT, it could be anything.

I would hazard a guess this is a Ford, simply because the South African Recce Cars in front of it have a Ford v8 flathead, too.

Hanno

Anorak
 

Hey! I resemble that remark! :yappy:

Also the bonnet of a postwar Fordson Thames ET6 (or similar model) on the left of the photo.

Hanno, when I enlarged the pic in Photoshop and did some adjustments the grille took on a square pattern so it is a Ford. Chevs were a diagonal pattern. It has a radio but by then most trucks likely had radios whatever their main use was. The passenger seems to be quite proud of whatever he's wearing around his neck.

David, thanks for confirming it's a Ford.

Richard, like this?

- Hanno

Hanno,

Yes, but I have never seen a four wheel drive version before. I wonder if it was converted by All Wheel Drive Ltd, as they did some Thames Traders as well.

AHA so thats where those Ford ET6 tractors ended up i knew they were middle east bound but never found out to whom, i checked this thread to see if the attached was on it but could find no trace i thought i had seen it here somwhere but prehaps i,m dreaming again oh well here goes in Belgium i think also there they are middle distance two 3 tonners
cheers
Les

CMP Truck & Heavy Humber in Germany
 

Just bought this photo of a CMP? truck used in Germany I think used by a REME unit, post war, late 1940s. any info on the photos would be welcome, and Heavy Humber [Box] photos as well. :thup:

Perhaps a bit dubious this one from the AWM but the crates are marked LV7 FD. Could they be Ford engines ? Surely no reliability questions there ?

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3...epotds8.th.jpg

100391
Maker: Lee, John
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Bandiana, Vic. 1944-03-30. Private B. Reeves, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) paints labels onto large cases for despatch from No. 1 Base Ordnance Depot. (A copy of this image appears on page 105 of the album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill in 1944 and now housed in the AWM Archive Store).