Trying to identify this truck

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Alex van de Wetering
1 Can anyone identify the bridging truck in this "famous" picture?
AEC Marshall? Albion? Guy?? Has anyone got any ideas?

Alex, as far as I know this is a Folding Boat Carrier, either a Leyland Retriever or Albion BY5 - see the thread Truck Identification.

2 Does anyone know if there are any of these WW2 "bridging-trucks" surviving in the world? Maybe a restored example?

There's one currently advertised on MilWeb:

1944 Albion BY5 folding Boatcarrier
With folding boat pridging body, unregistered since 50s release 493 miles now fully refurbished to 1944 spec, believed ony surviving make and type, a must for serious collectors, museums, sensible offers please.
01756 752080 G. Hargraves 07 October '04