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A rare Ford F8 Heavy Utility in Polish service, Ter Apel (Holland) april 15 1945!
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TZs...dex=66&list=WL From about 3:21 Alex
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Two more Monkey face trucks in NW Europe to start 2018!
First one is a 12cab 3 Ton truck with Bailey bridge equipment on board an LCT on Sword Beach, D-day + 4 (June 10th 1944). source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205314106 Second is I think a C15A cab12 with the doors removed and what seems a replacement makeshift cab roof. Still from a Pathe movie of the Liberation of Amsterdam 1945. I could be the same truck that also appears on a picture taken in Haarlem and footage taken in Zandvoort, but I have to check. Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL0c...t=WL&index=103 around 1:18 Alex
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Found another photo from "AC-3" showing some detail from the rear body.
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Awesome picture, Marco!
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At least 3 Monkey face FATs in Belgium 1944.
Source: Canadian Army Newsreel 45 https://youtu.be/N-P0_TyIdXg Alex
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That is just one of the better photos, what more could you ask for extra gas cans, reclining canvas chair, table for your typewriter, warm enough to take of your shirt, and do your paper work. Gives you a feeling for how these guys lived, worked out of the back these trucks for months on end. Cheers Phil
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FAT Tuesday!
A couple of stills from movies in the collection of the Friesland film archives. This archive was in the Dutch national news last week as they found a missing fragment of a Stan Laurel film. The archive also has several movies of WW2 in Friesland. This movie shows several vehicles at rest in a field in April 1945 (from about 00:45). Two cab12 FAT's can be seen in a field along with a cab13 FAT. On the other end of the field, another 4! Monkey face FAT's can be seen. The movie also shows a Bedford QLB, a number of carriers, A HUW and a Morris FAT
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Two more early FAT's filmed in Leeuwarden, two in Sneek
And a 15cwt in Heerenveen. It could be that some of the footage shows the very same vehicle, but it's hard to tell. One of the FAT's in Leewarden seems to be missing the front bumper. Alex Source: Leeuwarden:https://www.archieven.nl/nl/zoeken?m...rden&miview=ff Sneek:https://www.archieven.nl/nl/zoeken?m...neek&miview=ff Heerenveen: https://www.archieven.nl/nl/zoeken?m...true&miview=ff
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A couple of early CMP's In Gent (Ghent), Belgium , september 1944 with at least one Cab 11!
First picture is from: https://www.gent-geprent.com/straten...n-b/brabantdam second is a screenshot of this film: https://huisvanalijn.be/nl/collectie...-van-gent-1944 (apart from the early CMP's the footage contains more interesting vehicles....Carrier with german licence plate, Commer Q4, HUP, Otter, Sherman Crab, Bedford QL's and MW, Dennis.......and terrific background music) The last two pictures are from IWM collections: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205425991 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205425992
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Great thread and film links.
Can't imagine why anyone would think early CMP 's would not be used in NW Europe. As has been mentioned they would only be a few years old and many from England would have seen fairly gentle use. British forces in Korea in 1950s were still using early WW2 stuff like open cab 3ton 6x4s. The antique look of which amazed the Americans. Craig Last edited by chalky; 22-10-21 at 10:11. |
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Attached some early FAT's (at least 4) in Gorredijk (Friesland), The Netherlands 1945. source:https://www.gorredijk-historie.nl/pa...-van-gorredijk
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