WASP parts

[kevin powles]

Hi, Thats a Ronson carrier, Shaun would be interested in this, I had seen the same picture, they are details of it typed on the back of the picture, something about use in France, see attached picture of rear of photo.

Kev.

[Ron Pier]

That reminds me. 20 odd years ago I took my Austin Tilly to a local tyre shop. There was and old guy there who used to sweep up and things. He immediately
recognized my 43rd Wessex markings as he had been in this unit during the invasion. He told me that he drove a flame thrower carrier. Nothing heroic! He followed the advancing troops at a distance. To the most part his sombre duty was to cremate dead Germans. He said they would squirt liquid onto a pile of bodies or through the windows of a house known to contain bodies before incinerating them. Gruesome story, but all part of war. Ron

[Roger Lucy]

Originally Posted by kevin powles

Hi, Thats a Ronson carrier, Shaun would be interested in this, I had seen the same picture, they are details of it typed on the back of the picture, something about use in France, see attached picture of rear of photo.
Kev.

The caption is misleading, as the photo is a still from the 1943 Canadian Army Overseas training film, "The Ronson Flamethrower ". Ronsons were never used in France, only Wasp IIs. Perhaps the censor was unwilling to release a photo of the Wasp or there were no shots of it available that looked so dramatic.
Roger

[horsa]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-WWI...item3cc6f3aa23

Link above is a wartime transportable flame thrower handbook that I currently have running on eBay. This is the flame weapon used on the WASP carriers. Lots of nice large format fold-out drawings of virtually everything associated.