RAF vehicles

[ted angus]

The MSC in post 279 was an Air Ministry 1939 contract with bodies by Spurling, I don't have a figure for the size of the contract but there appears to have been a fair few. Again in 1939 the Air Ministry received 183 end tippers on the MLC chassis with bodies again by Spurling for the Air Ministry works directorate.
Ted

[Larry Hayward]

Mike Starmer is of the opinion that the Bedford MSC in post 279 are civi trucks as its a drop sided vehicle of which there were very few in the RAF. He also suggests that the MSC with a man leaning out of the cab is in RAF Blue Grey that has been painted with some kind of paint that stuck to the wood body but not the cab. It certainly looks worn off the cab door.

[Ron Pier]

Hi I'm new to this thread, but talking about paint colours in B&W pictures. I have this one in a book showing Indian motorcycles, just post war.

I recon that this regiment were anxious to show their true colours and have painted one side of the tanks in blue/grey, the rest looks like Olive Drab. Ron

[ted angus]

Originally Posted by Larry Hayward

Mike Starmer is of the opinion that the Bedford MSC in post 279 are civi trucks as its a drop sided vehicle of which there were very few in the RAF. He also suggests that the MSC with a man leaning out of the cab is in RAF Blue Grey that has been painted with some kind of paint that stuck to the wood body but not the cab. It certainly looks worn off the cab door.

Bart Vanderveen notes the type in his publications. It was one of the first Bedford types ordered by the Air Ministry and the bonnet sides have been produced with additional louvres to meet an Air Ministry requirement. The RAF had other types with dropside bodies, The Fordson Sussex 6x4 and the Bedford 4x2 OWL spring to mind both used in large numbers.

[Patrice DEBUCQUOY]

Hello,

My favorite : Humber LRC (aka Type1800 in the RAF), here with the 2777 RAF Reg in Holland.
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https://i.imgur.com/hVl1mbE.jpg

By the way, can somebody explain the "Type" nomenclature for the RAF vehicles ?

Cheers,
Patrice.

[Ron Pier]

The Bike is a Harley Davidson WLC. Ron

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Patrice DEBUCQUOY

Hello,

My favorite : Humber LRC (aka Type1800 in the RAF), here with the 2777 RAF Reg in Holland.

By the way, can somebody explain the "Type" nomenclature for the RAF vehicles ?

Cheers,
Patrice.

Type 1800 is the RAF classification for Armoured Cars.

[Patrice DEBUCQUOY]

Thank you Richard for the answer about the Type 1800.
What were the other types in the RAF nomenclature ?

TIA,
Patrice.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

"A WAAF driver turns the starting handle of a Standard 5-cwt van at Cardington, Bedfordshire."
The_Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force_,_1939-1945._CH8331.jpg
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...45._CH8331.jpg


"WAAF trainee drivers and their vehicles, a 3-ton Fordson lorry, with a Standard light van in the background, at the RAF School of Motor Transport at Cardington, Bedfordshire."
The_Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force,_1939-1945._CH8326.jpg
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...45._CH8326.jpg


"A WAAF driver refuels her Morris Type 'C' ambulance at a petrol pump outside the workshops at Cardington, Bedfordshire."
The_Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force,_1939-1945._CH8328.jpg
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...45._CH8328.jpg


"A WAAF sergeant, driver to the Station Commander at Cardington, Bedfordshire, studying a route map on her Ford Type 'J' staff car."
The_Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force,_1939-1945._CH8327.jpg
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...45._CH8327.jpg

Note: some of these were posted before - either in a lesser quality scan or suffering a broken photo link

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Patrice DEBUCQUOY

Thank you Richard for the answer about the Type 1800.
What were the other types in the RAF nomenclature ?

Type 1900 was for Jeep or '5 cwt 4x4 car' (see attached pic from SAAF vehicles in Italy)

SAAF Itally 44-45 -1 8.jpg

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

According to Bruce Robertson's book, "Wheels of the RAF", the Type numbers were introduced in early 1944. Type 1500 is shown as a '15 cwt van', so correct for the Ford van. But the jeep would have been Type 1900 which was allocated to '5 cwt 4x4 car'.