Ford Navy bomb service truck

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Here's another picture, courtesy of Military Vehicles Magazine which brought this topic back to top for me.

Here's another from the same source, this is a Ford 11-T-S (1942 model) M1 Bomb Service Truck.
"1942-dated press photo of a Navy Ford M1 bomb service truck being used to load bags of cement somewhere in the Pacific".

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And two via André Margage:

Ford 11-Y-S (1941 model) M1 Bomb Service Truck delivering bombs to a Douglas B-18 Bolo:

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Ford 11-T-S (1942 model) M1 Bomb Service Trucks bringing up torpedoes to load Grumman Avengers:

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[Sergey Egorov]

Page from Ordnance Pamphlet 865 Aviation Ordnance Equipment Catalog (1944).

[Lang]

So much better for crew comfort and access unlike the more photographed Ford GTB Bomb Truck with the passenger jammed in sideways.