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Camouflage Painting in North Africa
Looking for water bowser pics, I stumbled across this short video which folks might like to see. Check out the 11 cab Fords, about 3 minutes in.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ect/1060033073 Owen.
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Would be interesting to find out the location of that workshop No. 4 BOW ME. In Egypt somewhere maybe ?
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Somewhere that had a railway line and was well away from the front line.
Possibly a port of discharge, like Alexandria, or Port Said? BOW I assume means Base Ordnance Workshop, so RAOC until mid 1942. Great vid: some very interesting vehicles. Mike |
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I spotted a pre war CS8 Morris with the plain civilian type bumber bar . The armoured cars have undergone a complete chassis stripdown . I agree the location is nowhere near the shooting war , they all look well dressed and orderly. The reg numbers on the vehicles are very neat and tidy , applied with some care, just like us restorers do today .
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Abbassia
Well spotted!
Abbassia is a suburb of Cairo. Well known to Australians in the First World War, as it was the location of an Australian hospital. Also very close to the rail network that runs between Suez-Cairo-Alexandria, which was used for transporting hospital patients between those locations in addition to all the military gear being ferried around the place. Sensible location for an ordnance workshop hub. Mike |
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