Egypt / LRDG Patrol Truck Wreck

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Kuno

Thank you, Richard, for this fast response.

Regarding the census numbers - it may be that the trucks wearing them were idnead transferred from civilian ownership into military service. I need to dig into the books again but I recal that the LRDGs "heavy Section" was equipped with MACKs and WHITEs obtained from oil companies working in the Middle East.

Hi Kuno,
I realised after posting that the date 1941 was too early for vehicles to have been transfer from US Army in theatre so your theory on them coming from oil companies makes more sense and hence why they are given numbers from a group not allocated. It always made me wonder why there were unused blocks, maybe it was for circumstances such as this.

regards, Richard