RCAF vehicles in domestic service

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Good point Hanno; that's new to me. I was responding with the RAF "rules" in mind...not realising there is a big difference between domestic UK and domestic Canada.....with UK being under constant threat from the air, especially in the early part of the war!

Andre Gibeault's C60X is painted in RCAF gloss blue and black for chassis. I understand that since Andre's passing, his collection has moved to Borden.

I forgot about Gibeault's blue C60X. I wonder where he got the information about the colour scheme?

Here's another picture of a RCAF CMP. Painted yellow and with census no. 57K63-A43, I'd say this is a post-war truck.

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Source: https://flic.kr/p/6eoDC3

[Ed Storey]

Wartime photographs show that a number of different UK bicycle brands were employed on RCAF airfields during the SWW. Attached are two photographs, one showing a stationary type as used in rehabilitation centres and the other of a RCAF bicycle display team during a practice session.

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

”RCAF stake truck and trailer recovering an RCAF Lysander after a forced landing near Nobel, Ontario, 1940. Photo courtesy of the Comox Air Force Museum WO CD Cunningham collection via Mike Kaehler.“

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