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Rob: the last photo you posted is in the same area (Canmore & Banff, Alberta).
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In the initial photo, it’s possible that jeep is a slat grilled MB and the writing along the lower windscreen looks similar to whatever is written across the canvas of the WLC windscreen in the front left position of the group.
In the early 40’s, when the Atlantic convoys were not doing so well, Canada had a top secret project in Banff National Park at a lake up in the Jasper area. They were working out how to build cargo ships out of ice. They successfully built a prototype but by the time it was all sorted out the tide turned in the Allies favour in the Atlantic and the project was abandoned. About 5 years ago, I think, researchers stumbled across the project documents in Ottawa and a documentary showed up on TV about it. They found the ships engines and/or ice making equipment at the bottom of the lake where the project was worked on. Maybe all those MP’s in the photo were connected to that project in some way? David |
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I think they all read “Military Police”.
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David, that is a cool story. Anyone know the name of the documentary? or have a link? Thanks, Rob
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Rob,
I watched a documentary on this subject (likely the same one as David) a few years ago but I do not recall the title or which network it was on. Look up "Project Habakkuk" for more info from various sources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk Colin |
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I can't add anything to the location or the types of vehicles, but the sedan has the formation sign of an artillery regiment. A white serial '42' on a blue-red rectangle indicates the senior field regiment in an infantry division. The serial 'Z' identifies the CO's vehicle. There were only two infantry divisions on the west coast during the war.
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The DND number on the door is interesting. It has the post-42/43 type numbering system, but what is unusual is the letter (appears to be an N or an H) in front of the numbers.
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