RAF vehicles

[Patrice DEBUCQUOY]

Thank you Richard for the answer about the Type 1800.
What were the other types in the RAF nomenclature ?

TIA,
Patrice.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

"A WAAF driver turns the starting handle of a Standard 5-cwt van at Cardington, Bedfordshire."
The_Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force_,_1939-1945._CH8331.jpg
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"WAAF trainee drivers and their vehicles, a 3-ton Fordson lorry, with a Standard light van in the background, at the RAF School of Motor Transport at Cardington, Bedfordshire."
The_Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force,_1939-1945._CH8326.jpg
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...45._CH8326.jpg


"A WAAF driver refuels her Morris Type 'C' ambulance at a petrol pump outside the workshops at Cardington, Bedfordshire."
The_Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force,_1939-1945._CH8328.jpg
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...45._CH8328.jpg


"A WAAF sergeant, driver to the Station Commander at Cardington, Bedfordshire, studying a route map on her Ford Type 'J' staff car."
The_Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force,_1939-1945._CH8327.jpg
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...45._CH8327.jpg

Note: some of these were posted before - either in a lesser quality scan or suffering a broken photo link

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Patrice DEBUCQUOY

Thank you Richard for the answer about the Type 1800.
What were the other types in the RAF nomenclature ?

Type 1900 was for Jeep or '5 cwt 4x4 car' (see attached pic from SAAF vehicles in Italy)

SAAF Itally 44-45 -1 8.jpg

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

According to Bruce Robertson's book, "Wheels of the RAF", the Type numbers were introduced in early 1944. Type 1500 is shown as a '15 cwt van', so correct for the Ford van. But the jeep would have been Type 1900 which was allocated to '5 cwt 4x4 car'.

[Patrice DEBUCQUOY]

Hello,

Thanks for the prompt reply.
We have the beginning of a classification.
Type 1500 for 15cwt Van
Type 1800 for Armoured Car
Type 1900 for 5 cwt 4x4 Car
Any other clues ?

Cheers,
Patrice.