War Department Numbers

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Jim,

F8 CZ4204797 was most likely pictured in the UK. As noted earlier:

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

As per the manual, by 1944 they were "used only in limited numbers in the UK as general purpose load carrier for supplies and stores over good roads by CRU (Canadian Reinforcement Unit) or other base units."

It was not used in Canada, as at home they used a different census numbering system, of which Phil waterman posted an example.

As Mike says, they were used in action in the North African and Middle East theatres of operation. Attached goes a picture of an F8 captured by the German Afrika Korps and put to good use.

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