Regarding the topic of post WW2 vehicle disposal, I believe I saw photos in the old RCEME journals of the early 50s where it showed MacGregor Manitoba runways, which were lined up with trucks, artillery, and aircraft up to ,I believe, 1952. It was foremerely a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) base, but used post war as a holding point for the equipment pending disposal.
There are many stories of the farmers buying aircraft for $12, selling the engines off to make their money back, and then dragging the fuselages home to use as chicken coops.
The first CMP that I ever restored, a Cab 11 Ford 15cwt, came from it's first civilian owner. He told me he bought it out of Shilo in 1946. He still had the bill of sale around somewhere. It had the markings of A4 artillery training Center (Brandon).
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