Odiham ww2 vehicle pics

[Larry Hayward]

Ted & Noel,

Sorry I've just seen your post - regarding the dark uniformed men in white hats - I can say for certain that they are not boffins! Having researched the Special Duty Flight and Telecommunications Flying Unit etc that did radar research I can tell you that boffins always turned up in civi clothes and mostly flew in them too at low altitude

I'm wondering if these men are therefore Observer Corps

[Larry Hayward]

Ted - here is an example of boffins at work and the camo on the radar trailer that dates to 23rd December 1940. The photo was taken at Sopley (but in the field opposite the site that later became RAF Sopley).

Any idea of the camo colours?

[ted angus]

Hi Larry I would suggest Khaki green No 3 with the other being Light green No 5 or Nobels Dark Tarmac green No 4. most likely the latter. I will see if I can find any observer Corp pics of that era but pre- and early hostility I think they wore civvies with a police "on- duty" striped wristlet ?/
TED