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Old 28-01-09, 00:05
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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 ?



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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).
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Old 30-01-09, 12:00
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Found on the G503 forum:

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19/8/1950 Navy Sea Furies at Eagle Farm being inspected by air and ground flight crews.
Neg/no C477-68 The Courier-Mail Photo Archive
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Old 09-02-09, 16:55
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Much more recent shot - Dorset 2007 - from HMVF.
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Old 16-02-09, 16:18
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Jeep assembly in the UK? Note the CMP trucks in the background.
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Old 16-03-09, 19:07
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interesting FAT in the background of uninteresting jeep thingy in the foreground
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Old 16-03-09, 22:25
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interesting FAT in the background of uninteresting jeep thingy in the foreground
The jeep thingy appears to me to be a rare bantam or early prototype Jeep!
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Old 16-03-09, 22:51
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The jeep thingy appears to me to be a rare bantam or early prototype Jeep!
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P.S.: it's a Bantam thingie. . .
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