Same truck?
Just by co-incidence I received a set of photos blown up to A4 this week. They came via a SAS man and an ex LRDG navigator. They show oil workers in 1979 digging out a complete LRDG F30 patrol truck in fantastic complete condition. It had a full set of tilt irons on the body. The serial number on the tail board was 4406114 which puts it among the LRDG trucks delivered to them in 1941. The remaining colour scheme was of a splinter pattern as used by the Yeomanry patrol. The shadow on the photos shows that the truck was heading west when it was abandoned with steering problems. I hope to get a location shortly. On studying these shots and Kuno's the damage appears to be very similar on the wing and bumper. 154 army forms were found on the truck and 94 names have been identified as LRDG men.
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