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Old 05-12-10, 23:57
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My theory/response: The exact time frame of when these photos were taken is not known, but spans pre-Dieppe to pre-D-Day. In any case, I don't think that the cab 11/12 were scrapped on a one for one basis when the cab 13s arrived, but would have been kept as strategic reserve vehicles.

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Looking at the website of the location, which is now a private estate, it looks like the owner died in 1942 and his two sons were killed in Italy in 1943. It says that the Canadians requesitioned the property in the latter part of the war, so it could be post-Dieppe.
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