Last weekend
Keep Them Rolling organised an event to commemorate Operation Faust. There were one WLC, three C8A's, one C15 and one F15A participating so we tried to recreate a well known photo of
Operation Faust. Our camp was located in the field next to the road where in 1945 the food supplies were assembled to be distributed into occupied territory. The road where the picture was taken in 1945 is very busy these days, so we could not stop traffic to offload crates and set up vehicles for the "then & now" photo. But the comparison photo was taken a stone's throw away from the original location.
Left: Corporal William James (Jimmy) Shipton - SD 91545 on his Harley-Davidson WLC to guide Ford CMP F60L trucks of "B" Platoon, No. 81 Artillery Company, RCASC, delivering food to the starving population of western Holland. Operation Faust, Nude, Rhenen, 2 May 1945.
Right: Robin Dobbelaer on his Harley Davidson WLC to guide CMP trucks of members of Maple Leaf Up Forum on a commemorative tour. KTR Operation Faust, Nude, Rhenen, 7 May 2022 (photo by Liane Buijsman).
Read more about Jimmy Shipton here:
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1081