Pretty awesome break through in the Otter today. It was known to have served with the Canadian Army in NWE during the Second World War. However it’s unit was unknown until this afternoon. I’m pretty confident to say that it served with the 3rd Infantry Brigade Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 1st Canadian Infantry Division.
It took me about 2 hours of careful scraping but I found its Unit Sign and Formation Sign under the layers of paint. The Unit Sign is a red/green square split diagonally with a white 73 on it. The Formation Sign is a red rectangle with the remains of the top half of the yellow maple leaf. The green on the Unit Sign is very distinctive from the other greens but also very very fragile. The white and the red were very robust.
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Jordan Baker
RHLI Museum,
Otter LRC
C15A-Wire3, 1944
Willys MB, 1942
10cwt Canadian trailer
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