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These were taken at Connaught in July 1945
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Fantastic photos!!! Stacked, superimposed UC 10 switchboards...what's not to love!!!
Much of the equipment and trucks are 'obsolete' by 1943/44 standards but it makes sense they would use them for training. After all at the time they would be not more than a year or two old. Interesting they call the 8cwts 15cwts. It looks like it was done with not much thought so you have to wonder if that's what they referred to them as back then. I expect the Diamond T was required to move the W/T No.9 set around... (Can you possibly read the 19 set serial on the original photograph? It looks suspiciously like one of mine.) |
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John,
Thank you so much for sharing these pictures! It's always good to see new period pictures of 8cwts, especially these, as they are Chevrolet C8's cab 11's with cab vents, which makes them late 1940 production, just like mine....who knows, maybe one of them is mine. I do note that one or two pictures are mirrored.....not from your scan, but obviously mirrored when developing the film in period. The picture looking into the back of the 8cwt (marked as 15cwt as mentioned by Bruce) is mirrored and one of the pictures with the trucks standing in a row is mirrored. Quote:
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Interesting to see the 11 set mounted directly onto the 8cwt side panel, no wooden wireless box or cabinet to be seen. Another case of improvisation which was typical of so many of these early wireless setups. Just goes to show there are no set rules to follow
Would be good to know what they thought of the equipment , like the performance of the 11 sets, range and so on with those mobile setups and antennas
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The first 5 were taken at Kingston in June 1946.
The first two photos are labelled as "7 ton Z Vehicle. The next two as a Hull regiment vehicle, where it looks like someone headed into the windscreen! |
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The first four photos were taken at Kingston in June 1946 and the last at Borden in July 46.
The third double photo is labelled "RASC ration vehicle" and the fourth as "WS 19 in C15" |
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