[David_Hayward (RIP)]

So-called Reverse Lend-Lease provided that Spitfires, Mosquitoes and other British planes were used by the USAAC. The same applied to vehicles I believe. I seem to remember that London Transport built a number of special bodies at Chiswick for fitment to Leyland or similar chassis which were then supplied to the US forces. If the truck retained its British Census Number then that indicates that it was still "British" in ownership. These reverse L-L cases were taken into account literally when the post-war settlement was reached between the US and the UK. Of course the Ministry of Supply ended up with US vehicles that they sold and kept the proceeds for, in the same way as the Canada-UK settlement.