Early CMPs in NW Europe

[Alex van de Wetering]

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

[Alex van de Wetering]

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

[Harlé Sylvain]

Hello
Nice pictures of the FAt with an amazing load on the roof!

Thank's to share them
Sylvain

[Rich Payne]

Round about 0.42

http://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/647

[Alex van de Wetering]

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Lovely find Rich! I took the liberty of making a screen dump.

Interesting bit of footage that clearly shows the traffic jam at the beach due to the blocked beach exits! Also a glimpse of a rare HUA C8A.


Alex

[Rich Payne]

I can't really claim the credit for finding the film, Alex. It was discovered by Tom O'Brien over on WW2t. He came up with it as part of his ongoing research to determine if the much-maligned Austin K5 really was responsible for the failure of Market - Garden as alleged by Chester Wilmot based on half a line in a 21st Army Group report. It seems increasingly unlikely but particularly U.S. publications have made much use of the allegation.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Rich Payne

He came up with it as part of his ongoing research to determine if the much-maligned Austin K5 really was responsible for the failure of Market - Garden as alleged by Chester Wilmot based on half a line in a 21st Army Group report. It seems increasingly unlikely but particularly U.S. publications have made much use of the allegation.

Enlighten us, please. Is that the story about the problem with a batch of trucks with bad valves?

Thanks,
Hanno