Ram II OP's

[servicepub (RIP)]

The original number (A-875) indicates that it is not from the more usual numerical series. I will try to get there this week to order the original negative and take a copy photo.

[kevinT]

Thanks Clive,

It will be interesting to see what shows up.

Cheers
Kevin

[John McGillivray]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Today I found a book about the Royal Marines in a bookshop. I found one interesting photo of a line of three Ram Command/O.P.'s driving down a Normandy beach, but I did not think it was worth buying the book for that picture alone, although it is a really nice one.

Is this the photo you are referring to?



source:

http://ww2photo.mimerswell.com/

Look under Pansar and then Ram II

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by John McGillivray
Is this the photo you are referring to?

Well, yes it is - thanks John!

H.

[servicepub (RIP)]

Glad that's it. I went by Archives this afternoon and tried to look this up on the microfiche. Turns out that all the microfiche from A374 yo A11863 are mssing. Chances are that the negative still exists but it will take a couple of weeks to order.
As John has posted a really good shot I won't go through the bother.
Clive

[servicepub (RIP)]

Went by Archives yesterday and the negatives that I had ordered were waiting for me. The reason that the negative numbers were missing is that I was looking in the "Army" series but they were actually in the "Navy" series - of course!!
I also found a couple of other interesting photos from that same exercise;

[servicepub (RIP)]

New photos and updates at The Ram Registry

[Roddy de Normann]

Clive -

Excellent pics !

Can you confirm the BARV serial as T-151059 ? Which Beach Group would it have been attached to ?

Now over to the Rams...

Roddy

[servicepub (RIP)]

Originally posted by Roddy1011
Can you confirm the BARV serial as T-151059 ?

I make it to be T-151058

Originally posted by Roddy1011
Which Beach Group would it have been attached to ?

There was no indication on the caption


Now back to Rams....

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by servicepub
I also found a couple of other interesting photos from that same exercise;

Great pics, thanks for digging them up!

Re. "that same exercise" - now, the original caption for the Ram Command/OP tanks was "Along the hard sands of this Normandy Beachhead manned by the Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commandos roar tanks for the Canadian Army 20 July 1944". Do you mean operation instead of exercise?

H.

[servicepub (RIP)]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Do you mean operation instead of exercise?

Correct, OP not EX