Kangaroo Photos wanted

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by kevinT

For 49th APCR I have:-

C Sqn
King John, Leicester?, Liberator, Mars CT40730, Merlin CT40458, Neptune, Nero, Nightjar II

Mars and Merlin were active near Goch, Germany on 1945-03-26
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"A British Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier "Merlin" carries smiling British infantry past the camera position, its extrovert commander wearing a top hat and waving an umbrella."
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Also see at 7:10 min at https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ect/1060007176

[kevinT]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Mars and Merlin were active near Goch, Germany on 1945-03-26
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"A British Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier "Merlin" carries smiling British infantry past the camera position, its extrovert commander wearing a top hat and waving an umbrella."
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Also see at 7:10 min at https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ect/1060007176

Thanks Hanno,

MERLINs' commander is obviously an ex-scout - prepared for anything.

Bill Miller says I have a few minor errors in the list of 1 CACR names and numbers in a previous post so just waiting for Bill to put me right.

Cheers

Kevin

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Not sure if this photo was already posted in this thread

Twente, The Netherlands, April 1945

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Ram Kangaroos at a RCEME workshop at Mortsel, a close in suburb of Antwerp, Belgium. Sometime soon a then & now study will be posted on MLU Forum.

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Ram tank somewhere in the UK:
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