Indian Pattern HUP (was: Chevy Indian Backbody)

[Nigel Watson]

Originally Posted by servicepub

Any ideas on this. I believe that it is in India but may be in the Far East. Sorry for the picture quality.

Does the 4th photo show the canvas roof hanging down inside perhaps? You'd also expect some fairly strong straps towards the front of the roof as well.

Nigel

[Hanno Spoelstra]

One more picture!

"THE BRITISH REOCCUPATION OF BURMA: Outside the Civic Hall in Rangoon local civilians gather around a Spitfire and an Auster aircraft that formed part of an exhibition staged by the Royal Air Force to show their role in the defeat of Japanese forces in Burma."

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Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208798

[Hanno Spoelstra]

one more:

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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

On this page http://www.arborfield-september49ers...mpster-09b.htm is one of those Indian Pattern HUPs.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Cross-posted from the thread CMPs from all over postwar:

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Over on the aviation forum, Mr. Matt Poole of Maryland, USA, posted the following information:

A Chevrolet is seen in the attached photo, taken in either West Bengal or neighboring Orissa, India in the summer of 1945. This is an RAF vehicle, manned by RAF men on their way to recover remains of fourteen airmen killed on 26 July 1945 when two RAF Liberators (EW225 & EW247) of the Air Firing Training Unit (AFTU) at Amarda Road airfield collided in poor weather during low-level formation flight training.

Note the two crosses, one atop the other, strapped to the roof. The names, ranks, and service numbers of the fourteen casualties were inscribed on the crosses, one crew to each cross.

The photo was taken by Kenneth King of No. 138 Repair & Salvage Unit. King was one of the five RAF men who, accompanied by several Indians, recovered and buried remains of the airmen. Attached, also, is a graveside photo of the RAF men, led by RAF S/Ldr Stanley G. Bennett (left, with prayer book), the padre at Amarda Road. King is furthest away on the right. Padre Bennett is also seen in the lorry photo, at left.

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[Alex van de Wetering]

Batavia, Dutch East Indies 1948

source: http://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/be...hfield=batavia

Alex

[Tony Wheeler]

HUPspotting in Calcutta!

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