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Originally Posted by rynoki
Thanks Richard,
I thought it was there. So three of the ten are accounted for. Leaving seven unknowns.
What were the stories behind the three we know of? How were they rediscovered? Or had they always been in collections since the war?
Knowing their histories may give a pointer to the fate of the other seven.
Ryan
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I guess the Pucka one had been in the collection since the war, it is missing a few internal fitments. Tony Smith was good enough to photogaph it inside, when I was looking for details of the signalling lamp and a few other electrical fitments. The two that made it back over here, were brought in by the Budge collection, the more intact one, was found in private hands at a place called Coldstream, in Vic. The other one was in a very sad state, do not know the location it was found in, but had been cut about, turret removed, but still with it, large parts of hull cut out, etc. On Doug's Heavy Metal website, there were two, turret baskets found, so look like those tanks are probably no more.