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12-11-08, 20:47
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Markings
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13-11-08, 10:01
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R.T.D. on my medical documents meant:
Returned to Duty. Perhaps that Dodge had repairs done & was out of action. There are five different scripts of stencil there. It would be nice to have a rule against the photos to get an accurate size of each one. If anyone has an original stencil sheet please PM me So I can get details. A photograph of it with inch rule next to it would be great. Here's a Nice Rising Sun, Almost faded away... Ian
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15-11-08, 04:28
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rising sun
I was wondering if anyone else has run across these stencils on vehicles of the rising sun, I removed the engine bonnet from a 1942 GMC 6x6 a few months back and it had the same rising sun stencil or painting ? The truck is at a remote abandoned US airbase could this be a Unit designation ?
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1941 C15A 12 Cab 1943 Dodge WC 51 1953 M38A1 1943 Willys MBT 1/4 Ton Trailer sn 25515 Del 4-43 previous 1942 UC MK1 1944 HUP MACH ZL 2 1945 DODGE WP/APT 26-7-45 1942 F15A 1952 M38 CDN101711 1952 M38 CDN101360 Last edited by Gordons; 25-02-09 at 06:15.
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15-11-08, 10:58
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Unit Desig?
Gordon,
The Rising Sun I photographed was the Aussie one, as worn by all our soldiers & appeared on a lot of trucks. Whereas the one you have, I think, is a Unit tag. The Base where you got teh truck part from might give you a clue to the unit stationed there in WWII, and then Google is your friend... Incidentally, the photo I have added is the modern version, & not the WWII version from the Australian Army (www.defence.gov.au) website. Ian
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15-11-08, 11:08
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My little C15 has rising sun , we redid the stencil according to the original size, about 8" square.
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15-11-08, 19:51
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The Rising Sun over the boomerang was the unit sign of HQ units but the hand painted one on the GMC bonnet is an unofficial one..
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13-11-08, 10:32
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If the owner wants to restore it as an RAAF one then the white RAAF numbers and other markings are the ones to keep but I'd still record the US one's as the history of the vehicle from new may be able to be found using them. The Dodge Forum may be able to help. http://forum.ww2dodge.com/
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13-11-08, 11:21
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18-11-08, 10:48
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Date Stamp
Think in American
 ... September 13, 1944... The history website or http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/september_13.html shows a few battle dates.. There are a few significant dates at that time... One may be intimately connected with that vehicle... Ian
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13-04-09, 23:15
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More pics!
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13-04-09, 23:27
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE"
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