Carrier Ambulances

[Alan McGuinness]

Some more IWM pictures - mostly North Africa

[Alan McGuinness]

More IWM photos from North Africa

[Alan McGuinness]

Last lot, again from North Africa

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Some more photos found

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This one was recently restored. Great effort though I don’t think the Airborne units had ambulances.

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[Dan Martel]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Great effort though I don’t think the Airborne units had ambulances.

A black arm-of-service sign with a white serial '77' was for an Airlanding Field Ambulance. There was one in each Airborne Division.

The 1st Airborne Division had the 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance.

The 6th Airborne Division had the 195th Airlanding Field Ambulance.

(The British Soldier Vol 2 by Jean Bouchery)

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Dan Martel

A black arm-of-service sign with a white serial '77' was for an Airlanding Field Ambulance. There was one in each Airborne Division.

The 1st Airborne Division had the 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance.

The 6th Airborne Division had the 195th Airlanding Field Ambulance.

(The British Soldier Vol 2 by Jean Bouchery)

But did they have Carrier Ambulances? The Airbornes travel light…

[Dan Martel]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

But did they have Carrier Ambulances? The Airbornes travel light…

I can't say specifically, it's not really my field of study, but airlanding meant delivered by glider and a carrier was glider deliverable.

I do know that every time a British Airborne Division deployed by parachute and glider in Northwest Europe (Normandy, Arnhem and the Rhine) they had a ground borne logistical tail which would meet up with them for the sustained operations which inevitably followed. Maybe the carrier ambulances were with that part?