Vehicles used by Dutch Prinses Irene Brigade

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

I doubt if British or Canadian troops were allowed to dress up their vehicles like this one, nor would they no longer use this somewhat outdated type of vehicle.

hi Hanno,
I am not sure the WK-60 would have been outdated then. It was whole lot more powerful then the Retriever and its counterparts and the Austin K6 Gantry did not come along until the end of 1944, then in several contracts. There was obviously still a role for this type of vehicle for light aid. The Austin continued in service for another 15 years to.

[Rogier Peeters]

Gents,

some very interesting finds indeed. The (one) Dodge 3 ton truck in the 1943 vehicle list was indeed provided with a break down lorry body. Census number L1284786, chassis number 8300012.

I Would be interested in the source of the photo also.

Hope this helps & kind regards,
Rogier

[Leon Hassing]

Gentlemen,

I am glad you like the picture,
It is a Picture taken from a picture that hangs in the smal PIB museum at the oirschot army base.
The sign next to it said it was taken during the liberation of Den Haag.

@Rogier, Thanks for this info, it is good to know the cencus number when I am going to make a model of this truck.

Al the best
Leon

[Leon Hassing]

Gentlemen,
here are another two Picturs teken in the museum in Oirschot.
One is I think a Ford Thee car.
the other is a Fiat 626 used as a radio truck.

Hope you find these equaly interesting.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...7/DSC07160.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...7/DSC07159.jpg

All the best

Leon

[Rogier Peeters]

Very interesting finds Leon.

Kind regards,
Rogier

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Quote from Pete Ashby re. the WK-60:

This is very interesting as I assumed that WK60's were by this time limited standard in terms of issue to front line units in NWE. My Farther's unit had one which did sterling service in N Africa, Sicily, Italy, Yugoslavia and then on into Austria at the end of war.

I wonder if what we are seeing here is the same supply issues that saw 11 and 12 cab CMP's in NWE with the Free Czech and Polish forces?

Around the end of 1943 Canadian and British forces in the UK were ordered to turn in all their older CMP's and were reissued with new 13 cab variants for the coming invasion. The best of the 11 and 12 cab trucks were refurbished and re issued to free forces I suspect this is what happened to the WK60 shown in the photo.
Of particular interest is the fact that both the frame and census number appear in the records, I have passed this information on to my son who keeps a data base of all known WK60's. I'll let you know if anything comes of it.