Medical vehicles

[cliff]

Mike looking at Barts bible it was a toss up between the Standard and Morris. The Standard photo showed the same body and tyre on the roof whereas the morris did not have the roof mounted tyre and had a different body on it.

[ted angus]

Cliff sorry to disagree but it is a MORRIS Y; one is illustrated on page 11 of Harry Edwards "Morris Commercial Vehicles". The Morris Y as illustrated carrying the body of the Duke of Kent after he was killed in the Sunderland Flying boat accident became the most common RAF Home service domestic ambulance. They also served on ARP duties manned by various voluntary groups accross the UK. The attached is post D Day ; the lineup of ambulances including a Austin K2 belonging to the War organisation of St Johns & The British Red Cross are awaiting the arrival of a casualty carrying Dakota.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by ted angus

Cliff sorry to disagree but it is a MORRIS Y;

Ted never be sorry to correct a mistake as I am always ready to be corrected especially on things like this. As I said in my last post it was a toss up between the two based on my interpritation of the photos in Bart's book.

[Dusonn]

I bet not many of you apart of Radek have seen this one before. This car is owned by a friend of mine Vilem Fencl who saved it from a scrap few years ago. It is 1940 International Harvester D15M made in USA. It has got a very interesting history. In 1941 there were two of these ambulances donated to Czechoslovak Brigade Group in the UK by Czechoslovak countrymen living in the USA. One was equiped as a Dentists surgery and one as a Surgical ambulance. Only one survived and recently underwent complex restoration. The period photos are from ceremonial handover in Leamington Spa.You can see Czechoslovak soldier proudly standing beside the vans. Another picture shows some of them reading brass plate bolted on the side which says the following:
Donated by:
NARODNI SVAZ CESKYCH KATOLIKU V AMERICE
(stands for National Assosiation of Czech Catholics in America)

FEDERATION OF
AMERICAN CZECHOSLOVAKS
OF TEXAS

SPONSORED BY
CZECH-AMERICAN NATIONAL ALLIANCE
OF AMERICA

The last two pictures show its current state.

[Niels V]

A danish used C30

[Radek]

Hi,
Dusonn: I know Vilems vehicles.

Here are any anothers pictures.

Radek