Bogged Blitz Collection

[Tony Smith]

Don't forget this famous pic:

[Hanno Spoelstra]

I must commend the photographers for taking their pictures so quickly. We all know CMPs don’t get stuck, and if they do, they are out of the bog very soon.

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

I must commend the photographers for taking their pictures so quickly. We all know CMPs don’t get stuck, and if they do, they are out of the bog very soon.

I was going to say 'Fake News' but then there is this... admittedly it is a F15 4X2, a bit ambitious trying to cross that water.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

I was going to say 'Fake News' but then there is this... admittedly it is a F15 4X2, a bit ambitious trying to cross that water.

I suppose Aircrew are used to crossing water with ease. 😇 Bit trickier with their wings clipped.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Please note this Blitz IS NOT BOGGED. It is helping the Jeep to cross a stream as it started slipping once its front wheels were no longer on firm ground.

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Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205534028

[Mike Cecil]

Oh dear, that old furphy that CMPs can actually become bogged ....

Careful research, including personal interviews with various of the military personnel visible in some of the images, reveals that, due to the inability of service personnel to incapacitate and prevent forward motion of CMPs by driving into rivers and areas of muddy ground known to bog other vehicle types (GMCs, Dodges, jeeps ...), it became a wide-spread practice to stage simulated bogging events whenever a photographer appeared. The aim, as revealed by the pranksters themselves,was to deceive those future generations of military vehicle enthusiasts who express such enthusiasm for other than the mighty, unstoppable CMP!!

Duck .... incoming!

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

I was going to say 'Fake News' but then there is this... admittedly it is a F15 4X2, a bit ambitious trying to cross that water.

QJ is a squadron code ?

[Mike Cecil]

QJ = 92 Sqn RAF from May 1940 to 1946. As an aside, a number of Australians served with the squadron in WW1. One pilot is the only serviceman I have ever located that served operationally with all three services during that war - started with the RAN, transferred to the AIF, then to the RFC which then became the RAF. An extraordinary service history.

[Lang]

A few More

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

QJ = 92 Sqn RAF from May 1940 to 1946. As an aside, a number of Australians served with the squadron in WW1. One pilot is the only serviceman I have ever located that served operationally with all three services during that war - started with the RAN, transferred to the AIF, then to the RFC which then became the RAF. An extraordinary service history.

That's interesting... Ted Sly, a 92 Sqn pilot was a regular at Temora, I interviewed him on two occasions. He was great mates with Bobby Gibbes whom he met when he was posted back here to 457 Squadron. It's interesting to hear how 'browned off' they were by the lack of action.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

This well known photo showing the off-road capabilities of the CMP truck should be in included here:

“Caption: Personnel of 2nd Canadian Infantry Division Signals with Personnel of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (R.C.C.S.), 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, examining a Ford three-ton truck which sank into a ditch on the Beveland Causeway, Netherlands, 27 October 1944. Source: LAC - PA-142071.”

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