RCAF Jeeps
Returning to an old post I have a question for Hanno and other Jeep fans. In British service in WW2 the sidelights on many Jeeps were typically moved to the mudguards, so I'm told as these lights needed to match the width of the vehicle for our road laws
However in the photo of the 'RAF' Jeep you posted with the pilots and Spitfire to one side, the side lights are still in their factory built location and the same is seen in the later photo of the RCAF Jeep from 39R Wing / 400 Sqn.
Could this mean that both Jeeps are in fact RCAF Jeeps that have been allocated direct to the Canadians? Or did we get bored with moving sidelights in 1944/45. Perhaps the Jeep numbers might reveal the production batch and who got them?
Lastly Hanno I think I have seen this photo before in a book on the 2nd TAF. I wonder if Jim Fraser ever found out if its his Uncle and what Sqn he was on. Your photo looks like the Sqn was operating 'in the field'.
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Larry Hayward
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