Sherman ARV at Camp Borden??

[Robin Craig]

So here I am, back again before you all, reporting back as promised.

I had put a call in to the Public Affairs Officer (PAFO) and yesterday I received a call back from Base Kingston from a Major (name forgotten) who told me there were no current plans that he was aware of to monumentise (I like inventing English) an M74 or Sherman, period.

I ask him if he was the PAFO, he said no, I asked why he was calling, he said because it was his department (base construction engineering function) that would be responsible for building a pad and he had no orders to do one and that the pad down by the Comms Museum was not for a Sherman but what it is for he could not recall.

So Frank VR and the Corps can raise their heads and I can only surmise the vehicle went for export or to a collector

regards

Robin

[Robert Bergeron]

Last seen on the 401 going east i presume ?

People were thinking of Kingston ( Base ) , Ottawa ( CWM ) or Montréal for export.

But in between these three destinations there is a place where there are many monuments and gate guards : Cornwall !

Worth investigating.

[Ed Storey]

Has anyone confirmed that the M74 is no longer in CFB Borden and more importantly has anyone approached the museum asking about the vehicle?

[Frank v R]

I was in Borden Sunday for the Levee and spoke with the Base Chief (RCEME) and no one is happy, this has been in the works for almost a year now , the RCEME school Chief contacted me to find out if the OntR museum would be interested in the engine and other parts from the ARV as it would be going to Kingston as part of the new RCEME museum as a monument, I was later contacted as to a paint scheme for the M-74 for WW2 Holland, you can guess what I told him, so it's over to you Robin , it must be there somewhere on Base, I can only guess on the paint job and markings that are on it now, and no collector would have gotten this vehicle , it is part of the RCEME historic vehicle collection and therefore on the DA,

[Bob Phillips]

If this works you should find a picture and details of this vehicle;

http://preservedtanks.com/Profile.aspx?UniqueID=2434


B.P.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Frank v R

I was in Borden Sunday for the Levee and spoke with the Base Chief (RCEME) and no one is happy, this has been in the works for almost a year now , the RCEME school Chief contacted me to find out if the OntR museum would be interested in the engine and other parts from the ARV as it would be going to Kingston as part of the new RCEME museum as a monument, I was later contacted as to a paint scheme for the M-74 for WW2 Holland, you can guess what I told him, so it's over to you Robin , it must be there somewhere on Base, I can only guess on the paint job and markings that are on it now, and no collector would have gotten this vehicle , it is part of the RCEME historic vehicle collection and therefore on the DA,

Through my Sherman Register I was contacted by a member of the RCEME School, CFB Borden, asking for information as they were working on a project converting an M74 Recovery Vehicle into a monument in Ontario. Note: this was last November, so plans may have changed in the meantime.

H.

[Robin Craig]

Well, the plot thickens.

Guess what I found today?

Yep, the same as spotted on the 401 a while back.

[rob love]

Interesting green......it looks like the green they used to paint the inside of the M113s with.

[Robert Bergeron]

Great find .

At least we now know where it is .

It is shame it will be turned into a gate guard when not long ago it was a working piece of history..

[Ed Storey]

I just shake my head, sad.... Nice looking birds nest though.