Hi David
Very interesting thread idea, be interesting to search the archives for photos to see what vehicles are in the back ground in various photos.
On a side point the apple orchards 1/4 mile from my house had German POWs mostly, U boat crews, picking apples they slept in the barn and it was considered choice assignment by the POWs The local stories go that they would be fed well by the local farmers.
The POWs came from the Portsmouth Naval Prison which is 75 Miles from here so they would come over for the entire picking season.
Picture below was taken this morning, I bought my land from the farmer who family owned the farm. He was a young man at the time an was given a deferment because his family owned one of three tractors in town. A Ford 9N he and the other two tractor owners worked their own farms as well as all the other farms in town during the war. He said that at times during the war the tractor ran 24-7 with changes in drivers. The tractor is still in his family here in town.
Picture was taken on my way to our big summer rally in Weare, NH.
Cheers Phil