UNRRA vehicles and survivors

[Hanno Spoelstra]

The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), organization was founded during World War II to give aid to areas liberated from the Axis powers. A sum of nearly $4 billion was expended on various types of emergency aid, including distribution of food and medicine and restoration of public services and of agriculture and industry. China, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Poland, the Ukrainian SSR, and Yugoslavia were the chief beneficiaries.

As documented in various issues of Wheels & Tracks magazine, part of the aid was the distribution of ex-military vehicles for civilian use, many of which were CMP trucks.

One of these has just come to light in Austria. Remarkably, this F15A still carries "UNRRA AUSTRIA" on its side.

- Hanno

[Radek]

My Austin K30 is from UNRRA.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Radek

My Austin K30 is from UNRRA.

Thanks Radek, great to see the truck and it´s paperwork surviving.

Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by hanno spoelstra

here's a link to another surviving chevrolet in finland. It is in far better condition and looks like it's on display in a museum.

Note "unrra" on the door.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Not survivors, but a nice period picture of typical UNRRA vehicle supplies (source: Life Magazine @ Google)

Postwar relief ambulances providing the county with medical units.
Location: Greece
Date taken: December 1946

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

One of these has just come to light in Austria. Remarkably, this F15A still carries "UNRRA AUSTRIA" on its side.

I met the owner of this Dutch F15A in Normandy:

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He told me he got it 11 years ago from Austria and then extensively restored it. I bet it is an ex-UNRRA vehicle, too.

- Hanno

[Radek]

Here is picture of the CMP used by the CZ police in 50s.

[Bob McNeill]

Would this GMC 6x6 be eligible for this forum, it was used up until the 80,s. its in private hands in Aust