Info needed on M217 tanker

[Grant Bowker]

That looks like a truck I saw in a yard in the vicinity of Orangeville several years ago. I'm pretty sure the truck was used by 450 Sqn to refuel their Chinook helicopters in the field.

[Ed Storey]

Nice catch! 55-52529 is the earliest of the M217CDN Fuel Servicing trucks and was used by 450 Squadron to refuel Chinook Helicopters in Ottawa. The propeller insignia is the NATO tactical symbol for tactical heavy lift logistics helicopter squadron.

According to C-30-248-000/MA-000 Canadian Army EME Manual, Truck, Tank, Fuel Servicing, 2½ ton, 6x6, 1,000 Gallon Gasoline, w/Segregator, Data Summary, 20 November, 1967 the chassis for these specialized vehicles was the M207CDN but I am not surprised to see that a M211CDN was used instead.