What a waste....CMP's dumped in the sea 1946, Celebes

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Pictures taken in Celebes, Dutch East Indies, October 1946.

What a waste!!!.....I presume these are ex Australian Blitzes (?)

Alex

Guilty as charged!

The Australian Registration Number 71603 was a Chev C60S with Mk V pontoon semi-trailer that was destroyed and written off on 20May 46.

42352 was an F60L GS that was also written off on the same date and same order.

There is another Chev that I cannot make out the complete number (possibly 713xx ?) that looks interesting, truck fitted w/winch. I see that 71276 was No6 Arty Tractor, that was written off same date, same order???

Now they might not have been deliberately destroyed, that could have been a treacherous corner on a particularly scenic coast road, where A LOT of drivers get distracted by the view?