Bogged Blitz Collection

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

This well known photo showing the off-road capabilities of the CMP truck should be in included here:

“Caption: Personnel of 2nd Canadian Infantry Division Signals with Personnel of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (R.C.C.S.), 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, examining a Ford three-ton truck which sank into a ditch on the Beveland Causeway, Netherlands, 27 October 1944. Source: LAC - PA-142071.”

Mark Tonner noted:

“Hanno Spoelstra, Jordan Baker - The unit mobilization serial number ‘2354/1,’ which is applied to the left-hand side of the bumper tells a different story, and identifies this truck as belonging to Headquarters, First Canadian Army Signals, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals”

[Lang]

I don't see anything there to preclude the truck being used by 2 Div Signals and the original caption being correct.

They were after all a sub-unit of 1 Canadian Army and vehicles are constantly being exchanged or loaned up and down the chain to cater for servicing, repairs or bolstering particular units for some operation. This is even more likely in this case as the "owning" unit is the Corps (as in Signals) senior unit directly above the captioned "using" unit.

I very much doubt anyone would have bothered changing the bumper markings even if the loan or transfer was permanent or even anything more formal in the vehicle records than a note "Allocated to ...... March 5 1945"

Lang

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Lang

I don't see anything there to preclude the truck being used by 2 Div Signals and the original caption being correct.

They were after all a sub-unit of 1 Canadian Army and vehicles are constantly being exchanged or loaned up and down the chain to cater for servicing, repairs or bolstering particular units for some operation. This is even more likely in this case as the "owning" unit is the Corps (as in Signals) senior unit directly above the captioned "using" unit.

I very much doubt anyone would have bothered changing the bumper markings even if the loan or transfer was permanent or even anything more formal in the vehicle records than a note "Allocated to ...... March 5 1945"

Agree, though if someone can make sense of these markings it is Mark Tonner.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Just a bit of leasurely off-roading in Indonesia, 1945-1949:

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Source: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/6524b5...2-76991ee9ca43

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Ford coaching the Chevrolet to enter the water:

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Source: SAAF vehicles in Italy

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Ford coaching the Chevrolet to enter the water:

Source: SAAF vehicles in Italy

… until it was well and truly bogged!

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[Tony Smith]

I like the caption: "Badly designed Amphibian". Indeed!