Fordson wot 3 tructor

[Larry Hayward]

I might be a good subject for a separate thread, as some people think that all the WW2 vehicles still around today were the ones held in store that never saw action!

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Larry

Agree it would make an interesting separate thread.

I think that special vehicles like the WOT Tractor, stood a better chance of having seen actual service and survived the war, than a front line cargo carrier or combat vehicle. The WOT service use to move aircraft being important would likely have been better maintenance with a lower risk of damage to have survived in some cases from the early days of war through the war and into peace time use. From some of the photos that Tony Corbin share with me years ago these WOT Tractors and other tow vehicles were moving fragile aircraft through very congested areas where hitting a tunnel wall with a wing tip would caused a lot of damage. So these trucks were likely very carefully driven. The driver who hit something with a wing tip would likely find him/herself as a walking wing guide next day.

Also I sort of suspect that year of the vehicle with early war years vs those built in 1945 would see that the early years that have survived stand a better chance of having seen active military use than those rolling out of the plant in spring 1945.

Cheers Phil

[A CORBIN]

Where it should be

[Les Freathy]

Plenty of choice in this photo

[A CORBIN]

Almost finished T CORBIN

[Tim Lovelock]

Very, very nice

[Harlé Sylvain]

Hello
very nice truck !
Sylvain