[David_Hayward (RIP)]

The copy of the Ford Motor Company War Damage claim came through this morning. There is no reference to any claim except for damage to Ford Koln/Cologne and another company subsidiary in Wien/Vienna. Nothing about Ford plants anywhere else!

A bit of very interesting history:

FORD-WERKE A.G was a corporation organised under the laws of Deustchland. FORD INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED of Guernsey, British Channel Islands which was a wholly owned subsiary of FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED of Dagenham [actually London] owned RM 2 million par value shares in FORD-WERKE whose capital was RM 32 million. In addition FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED owned RM 20,000 in FORD-WERKE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY of Dearborn owned 59.136% of FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED.

Now this bit may interest Hanno..

Ford-Werke had in storage at the PAPLER KAROSSERIEWERK GmbH in Koln-Niehl 83 completed driver's' cabs which were destroyed in March 1945 as a result of enemy action, value RM 234,371, and they were new In addition 46 new trucks were lost in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg...the plant of FORD-WERKE A.G. WIEN, GmbH. Ford took over the building in Autumn/Fall 1944 where truck engines, axles, transmissions, and other machinery were manufactured.