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This picture was not taken in Holland, but during OPERATION GOLDFLAKE - the move of 1 Cdn Corps from Italy to North-West Europe, Feb-Mar 1945. So this trailer proably ended up in Holland.
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Hanno.
It almost looks like tie rods under the axle assembly on that trailer. A salvaged front end, or perhaps even an artillery axle? David |
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It could indeed be a true "bitsa" made up from parts scrounged from the battlefield scrapheaps in Italy.
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Well spotted Hanno! For a moment I thought.....wartime Sankey
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I don't think it's a salvaged front axle - neither a differential housing nor the typical drop of a non driven axle (and not as heavy as the straight axle of a 3 ton CMP 4x2).
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Trailer tie rods
The tie rods may be mechanical brake linkages?
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Based on the 15 and 20 CWT CMP trailer frames I've seen, the parking brakes are cable operated and the service brakes hydraulic (based on Ford parts same as CMP rear axles) so it would have to be a non-CMP sourced axle.
The trailer frame seems to have a reinforcement at the bend at the front of the body and may have an upward step toward the drawbar. Not standard CMP trailer features, does this suggest anything? |
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What comes to mind with me for some reason, Hanno, is an ex-German 20 mm Quad Mount Trailer stripped down with a CMP box added, but the wheels look too large.
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Not a FlaK trailer
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Bitsa trailers
A couple of interesting documents.
The first two are from 'Wait for the Wagon' by Arnold Warren. It's a history of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. These excerpts explain why units made their own trailers The next are parts of the Manifest for the 5th Canadian Armoured Brigade Workshop and list all the vehicles it shipped from Italy to France in February 1944. Lots of unregistered trailers and some rather interesting vehicles too
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Very interesting info!
Thanks a lot for sharing, Steve.
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documents from the 5th Canadian Armoured Brigade RCEME Workshop
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documents from the 5th Canadian Armoured Brigade RCEME Workshop
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From Italy to Holland
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And who knows, this could be the same White Scout plus makeshift trailer before the move from Italy to Holland? Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205538734
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Steve, Hanno,
Thanks for adding these very interesting documents!! Alex
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Another makeshift vehicle
Note the rear body of this 15cwt has been extended and heightened. It tows a trailer frame which could be a dolly?
Source: http://www.oorloginblik.nl/film/niod/2759771?
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So, what do we have here?
"Beschrijving: Meisjes in een Canadees militair kamp gelegen in de wijk Kralingen [vermoedelijk in het Park Rozenburg]. Datering: 10-05-1945 - 30-05-1945" Source: https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/A65D...6270D7CD429785
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“Canadian Military Pattern F60 truck, towing a captured German trailer, with other vehicles at a crossroads in Northwest Europe, 9 April 1945. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3205242)”
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I did find some other photos of it - I think it is the same truck with it's field modified cab: https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/d...d-8162cc7f1850 https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/d...5-3168d2c182d0 And here is another Portee: Source: https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/d...c-71ae4a1c1579
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EDIT: I think the picture originated from the Utrechts Archief, and shared on BeeldbankWO2. However, it does indeed seem to have been removed from Beeldbankwo2.....but it's still online on the Utrechtsarchief website. So....for Rippo: https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/beeldm...ws=1&page=1091 https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/beeldm...ws=1&page=1089 https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/beeldm...ows=1&page=447 https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/beeldm...ows=1&page=423 https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/beeldm...ws=1&page=1096 https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/beeldm...ows=1&page=657
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