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Old 26-11-07, 23:08
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Hi james

you could be right the location, looks very much like the village of Cranbrook in Kent
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Old 27-11-07, 11:01
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Hi Les,

Thought it might be somewhere like that. As you know the Canadians were based all over Kent, Surrey and Sussex, and somewhere I have a short piece of film taken in about 1941 of a convoy of Canadian Bren carriers driving down my own village high street. It was an official film. Unfortunately with my recent moving to and from Africa, have managed to mislay it.

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Old 24-03-08, 09:58
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Here's another picture of a Ford F15A in Holland. Note the 10-cwt trailer and recognition star painted on the cab roof and inside of roof hatch.

Census number CZ4285711, unit sign "68".

Picture credit: Public Archives Canada. Published in Kaufman/Horn: De Canadezen in Nederland 1944~1945. No details re. location, date, etc. printed.

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Old 24-03-08, 10:22
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Another Ford F15A in Holland. Typical scene right after the war ended: collaborators are rounded up and the Canadian soldier has found the push bike is a handy thing to carry on and in one's 15-cwt!

Census number is CZ4254984, unit sign shows "68".

Picture credit: Public Archives Canada.
Published in Kaufman/Horn: De Canadezen in Nederland 1944~1945.
No details re. location, date, etc. printed.

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Old 06-05-08, 13:30
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Some more F15A's in Holland, courtesy of http://www.beeldbankwo2.nl!

First one shows CZ4256001 of the Le Régiment de Maisonneuve at Groningen.

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Image number: 124691
Collection: Oorlogs- en Verzetsmateriaal Groningen
Caption: In de Graaf Adolfstraat poseren twee Canadese militairen van Le Régiment de Maisonneuve en een jonge vrouw bij een militair voertuig.
Image Date: 15-04-1945 (Opname)
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Old 06-05-08, 13:32
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Pair of F15A's at Leeuwarden.

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Image number: 124622
Collection: Verzetsmuseum Friesland
Caption: Op 15 april 1945 werd Leeuwarden door de Canadese Strijdkrachten bevrijd. Het is zwart van de mensen wanneer ze de spoorwegovergang in de Schrans te Leeuwarden passeren. Links ziet men het seinhuis, met aan de andere kant van het spoor het gebouw waar later het kantoor van de Gemeentereiniging gevestigd was. Rechts kan men een stukje van het dak van het kaaspakhuis van de gebroeders Tamminga onderscheiden en tussen de spoorwegbomen het torentje van het voormalige Gemeentehuis van Leeuwarderadeel.
Image Date: 15-04-1945 (Opname)
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Old 06-05-08, 13:36
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Another F15A at Leeuwarden, CZ42563...

First time I have seen an wheeled vehicle chalked up like this. Judging by the pictures available, this was done more often to tanks passing through all the small towns in Holland.

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Image number: 120408
Collection: Verzetsmuseum Friesland
Caption: Op 15 april 1945 werd Leeuwarden door de Canadese Strijdkrachten bevrijd. Deze vrachtwagenchauffeur neem even de tijd om een sigaret te roken.
Image Date: 15-04-1945
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Old 06-05-08, 13:38
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Yet another picture taken at Leeuwarden.
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Image number: 120284
Collection: Verzetsmuseum Friesland
Caption: Op 15 april 1945 werd Leeuwarden door de Canadese Strijdkrachten bevrijd. Hier ziet men een tweetal vrachtwagens bij de Beursbrug rijden. De militairen worden door een enthousiaste menigte begroet.
Image Date: 15-04-1945
And do I see another 6-pdr AT gun cleaning rod on top of the cargo box cover?
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Also the 6 Pr cleaning rod tied to the top of the truck bows.
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Old 06-05-08, 13:40
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Blurry picture, typical snapshot of the period.

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Image number: 74908
Collection: Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie
Caption: Intocht der Canadezen in Wormerveer.
Image Date: 08-05-1945 (Opname)
Keywords: Civilian Population;Canadian Armed Forces;Entry;Dutch;Vehicles
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Old 06-07-08, 21:43
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Holland was liberated by F15A's!



Source: Groninger archieven, courtesy of Arjan van der Hoek.
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Old 17-09-08, 11:40
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Colour(!) pictures submitted by Clive Law, see Friendly fire:

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Here are a couple of shots of CMPs after the USAAF mistook them for a German convoy. The photos were taken shortly after D-Day.

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Old 17-09-08, 15:57
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That must have been a cable truck with that roll mounted in the back. What model of box would it be with those extensions sticking up over the wheel wells? Could they have been some sort of seat back?
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Old 17-09-08, 16:10
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What model of box would it be with those extensions sticking up over the wheel wells? Could they have been some sort of seat back?
Hadn't even noticed those yet! Yes, they are seat backs, denoting this is the personnel variant. See the pic below.
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Old 10-12-08, 00:58
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F15A during the liberation of Amsterdam.

Note the cab, it seems to have been stripped of its roof and doors and fitted with a canvas top.
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Old 10-12-08, 02:50
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Here's an interesting picture of a modified F15A, taken, I assume at Camp Miowera, Queensland during the war. It has several interesting modifications, not the least of which are the cab roof, the German style black out lights on the fenders, the lack of front bumper and bush guard, as well as the front rim. Can any of our Aussie friends share any info regarding this picture?
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Old 10-12-08, 19:19
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Here's an interesting picture of a modified F15A, taken, I assume at Camp Miowera, Queensland during the war. It has several interesting modifications, not the least of which are the cab roof, the German style black out lights on the fenders, the lack of front bumper and bush guard, as well as the front rim. Can any of our Aussie friends share any info regarding this picture?
Looks to me like a recaptured F15 taken in North Africa. I think they are German lights fitted aren't they?
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Old 23-07-09, 10:24
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From www.beeldbankwo2.nl:
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Beeldnummer: 72592
Collectie: Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie
Bijschrift: Bevrijding Amsterdam. Hotel Victoria.
Trefwoorden: Burgerbevolking; Canadese Strijdkrachten; Bevrijding; Intocht; Voertuigen
Geografie: Amsterdam; Nederland
Beeldsoort: Foto
Gewijzigd: 16-03-2001
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Two more pictures of 13 Cab 15-cwt's in Normandy. I canīt tell if these are Fords or Chevs, however.
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Old 09-11-09, 23:24
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Two more pictures of 13 Cab 15-cwt's in Normandy. I canīt tell if these are Fords or Chevs, however.
No idea if they are Ford or Chev, but the location is the city centre of Courseulles. The Parc with the wall next to it in the first picture, is now the parking lot in the centre of town.

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Old 16-11-09, 14:01
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Here's an interesting picture of a modified F15A, taken, I assume at Camp Miowera, Queensland during the war. It has several interesting modifications, not the least of which are the cab roof, the German style black out lights on the fenders, the lack of front bumper and bush guard, as well as the front rim. Can any of our Aussie friends share any info regarding this picture?
I thought everyone might like to see Miowera Camp Site today. A bit of then and now!
Took pics beside Highway1 this afternoon 16/11/2009.
If anyone wants other shots of the area PM me.
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Two more pictures of 13 Cab 15-cwt's in Normandy. I canīt tell if these are Fords or Chevs, however.
The shapeless thing on the left of the photo is a Morris-Commercial C9/B SP Bofors gun - a very rare thing to find in a photo. I'd like to see a clearer copy of the photo if possible, where is it from?
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Old 09-12-09, 23:52
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Here is a original photo from my collection of a morris that i think is a C9/? taken in may 1945 at Sylt.
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Old 14-02-11, 11:41
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I think this is an F15A.

Picture taken during Operation Cannonshot at Voorst, Netherlands.

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Old 14-03-13, 22:47
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Not WW2, but still wartime for the Dutch and Indonesians.

Caption: Military Police checks a cargo truck, Indonesia 1946
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Not sure if this is F15 or F15A. RAAF 3 Sqdn personnel on leave trip to Naples, November 1943. Photo sent home by my father, that's him standing centre.
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Old 18-03-13, 16:35
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I'd guess F15 judging by the ride height.
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Old 18-03-13, 18:43
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I'd guess F15 judging by the ride height.
Yes I suspect you're right, this one in Sicily looks like F15 too, possibly the same truck.
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Old 21-07-14, 22:46
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"Liberated POWs abandoned by the Japanese at Pegu and rescued by the advancing 14th Army queuing for new kit, 3 May 1945."

Look at the 15-cwt in the background, there are Dodge WC52's too.

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The F15A was used extensively by Australian arty units and one of my favourite wartime pics is this attractive image at Joint Overseas Operational Training School Nelson's Bay NSW December '42. Plenty of Australian arty interest here, and the landing craft marked Ubique completes the scene. F15A is 6th Div and appears to be freshly painted in what I believe to be the high contrast disruptive scheme Vehicle Dark Green / Vehicle Light Grey specified in November '42. This scheme is rarely seen in wartime pics. Tyres look oversize to me, possibly desert tread..? Anyway it looks fabulous I reckon, would make for an excellent replica project.

Cab 12 FAT is ex-Middle East, probably 2/11 Fd Regt as this unit received a number of Chev Cab 12 FATs prior to departure for Australia in Feb 42, which appear to be the only Cab 12 FATs ever to reach Australia. They arrived in British desert scheme (Light Stone) and were subsequently reallocated and repainted, some of them evidently receiving the November '42 camo scheme also.

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