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11-05-09, 14:19
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Hello Rich,
Thank you for your response and information,too bad,I did hope that the Leyland Retriever with Coles crane was used by the British or Canandian Army in WW2 bridingoperations. Do you think that the British or Canadian Army at all would have used the Leyland Retriever with Coles crane in WW2,and if so what kind of job would they have done for the Army in WW2? Many thanks in advance! Greetz! Boely. 
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11-05-09, 15:12
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I was under the impression that there were two models of crane on the Retriver chassis (electric and engine driven?).
The army used one and the RAF the other. All the survivors seem to be the RAF model.
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12-05-09, 00:44
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I think that the Retriever Derrick was early war, by 1944 the RE Platoon attached to an RASC Bridge Company would hold one 6x4 coles crane truck plus another for each of the pontoon platoons in the company.
These would be either Retriever or Austin K6 with a different model of crane fitted to each. They were also available in various Field Parks and Depots. Noel
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