In the background

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by alvin5182

Gents:

Found these while perusing RAAF related site. Both photos taken in Australia late war.







Al Davis

Al- Interesting find of photos several others in the series that Will be of interest to CMP nuts

Cheers Phil

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by alvin5182

Gents:

Found these while perusing RAAF related site. Both photos taken in Australia late war.
Al Davis

Hi Al

Can you please provide a reference link to the original page/s these images were found on?

Thanks

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Al- Interesting find of photos several others in the series that Will be of interest to CMP nuts

Cheers Phil

Have found some information on that aircraft which indicates the date and location of the shot as:

A29-180 P-40K-10 42-10227 1/43 served with 77 Sqn and 2 OTU; on 7/2/43 allocated to 77 Sqn from 1 AD; on 13/2/43 starboard wing was damaged by a loose blast tube; on 22/7/43 it was used as a test bed for prototype installation of IFF equipment; on 3/8/43 allocated to SDF from 1 AD; on 6/3/44 its tail wheel was damaged when it retracted after landing while with 15 ARDRP; on 18/9/44 received by 2 OTU; on 18/8/45 received by 1 CRD and from 2 OTU; on 4/6/48 finally destroyed on the Werribee bombing range.

From ADF Serials

From the look of the rear fuselage I'd say this was taken after the tailwheel retracted in March 1944, although the markings are consistent with No2 OTU.

[Keith Webb]

Link.

[alvin5182]

Gents:

This should be the link to the website with the RAAF P-40's.


http://www.p40warhawk.com/WW2_Era/Photos/Photos.htm


There are also some nice shots of 414 Sqn RCAF P-40B/Cs in England.


Al Davis

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Not a CMP, but still an aircraft as the main subject.

Men loading the machine guns with ammunition in the P-38.
Location: United Kingdom
Date taken: 1942

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Back to CMPs!

Group of Free French tanks taking part in parade on the day after the liberation of Paris by Allied troops.
Location: Paris, France
Date taken: August 26, 1944

[Keith Webb]

The attached pic came from the AWM. The more significant thing is I will be interviewing one of the men in this picture soon. His name is Jack Caple and he's 2/24th and was a Rat of Tobruk.

[Mark W. Tonner]

In the background ...

[zemsi]

Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner

In the background ...

... here's the original pic on google Life

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner

In the background ...

and note the tyre chains hanging on the front.

[Ivor Ramsden]

These CMPs are with 41 Battery of the 15th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - the Manx Regiment - in Eritrea (Ethiopia) in early 1941.

The first one was in the background of a photo but if I'd posted the whole thing its name "Anita" and census number would have been illegible.

They show some good examples of camouflage. The Regiment used CMP vehicles throughout the war.

[Mark W. Tonner]

Source: Library and Archives Canada
Caption: Drivers and ambulances of No.3 Section, Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (R.C.A.S.C.), Farnborough, England, 12 January 1945.
Credit: Sgt. Karen M. Hermiston / Canada Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-188819

[Mark W. Tonner]

Source: Library and Archives Canada
Caption: Private M.M. Barnhart and Lance-Corporal C.G. Balazs talking with children attending a Christmas party sponsored by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, Elshout, Netherlands, 17 December 1944.
Credit: Lieut. H. Gordon Aikman / Canada Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-152493

[Mark W. Tonner]

... look and you shall see ...

1. - Source: Library and Archives Canada
Caption: Infantrymen of The Highland Light Infantry of Canada attaching drag ropes to a six-pounder anti-tank gun, Thaon, France, 6 August 1944.
Credit: Lieut. Ken Bell / Canada Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-131365

2. - Source: Library and Archives Canada
Caption: Personnel of the Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.) with a 4.2-inch mortar, Militello, Italy, 22 August 1943.
Credit: Lieut. Jack H. Smith / Canada Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-188916

[Rich Payne]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

What is the white "T" in the lead men's face and the officer's face...?

Are they wearing some kind of disposable cellophane goggles...?

I tried enlarging but can't make it out.....

Bob

Just noticed this question. Most of the marching men seem to be wearing Eye-Shields, Anti Gas. The first two have them over their eyes and the others raised on their helmets. They seem to have been fairly commonly used early in the war as dust shields.

Sorry no CMPs in this picture but the best illustration that I could find.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

From Life Magazine @ Google:

King Hussein (C) reviewing Bedouin troops loyal to him.
Location: Jordan
Date taken: 1957
Photographer: Loomis Dean

[Keith Webb]

Nice find Hanno. Truly not the focus of the photograph!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Nice find Hanno. Truly not the focus of the photograph!

Took a second or two before you saw it, didn´t it?

H.

[Bill Murray]

About 30-45 seconds, Hanno.
Damn, I hate it when my eyes are getting so old/bad.

Just for fun, precisely what/which CMP have you captured here???

Bill

[cletrac (RIP)]

It's a cab 13 and if the Arab standing in front of it is full size it must be bigger than a 15 cwt. It has a radio aerial mounted on the passenger side. Can anybody add any more?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bill Murray

About 30-45 seconds, Hanno.
Damn, I hate it when my eyes are getting so old/bad.
Just for fun, precisely what/which CMP have you captured here???

Bill,

About 30-45 seconds is very good for someone who is not a CMP anorak like Keith

I agree with David, it's a cab 13, probably a 3-ton or Field Artillery Tractor chassis. The cab top has been removed and two small aeroscreens added. I cannot see any clues as to it's role: GS, FAT, it could be anything.

I would hazard a guess this is a Ford, simply because the South African Recce Cars in front of it have a Ford v8 flathead, too.

Hanno

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

About 30-45 seconds is very good for someone who is not a CMP anorak like Keith

Hey! I resemble that remark!

[Richard Farrant]

Also the bonnet of a postwar Fordson Thames ET6 (or similar model) on the left of the photo.

[cletrac (RIP)]

Hanno, when I enlarged the pic in Photoshop and did some adjustments the grille took on a square pattern so it is a Ford. Chevs were a diagonal pattern. It has a radio but by then most trucks likely had radios whatever their main use was. The passenger seems to be quite proud of whatever he's wearing around his neck.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

David, thanks for confirming it's a Ford.

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

Also the bonnet of a postwar Fordson Thames ET6 (or similar model) on the left of the photo.

Richard, like this?

- Hanno

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Richard, like this?

Hanno,

Yes, but I have never seen a four wheel drive version before. I wonder if it was converted by All Wheel Drive Ltd, as they did some Thames Traders as well.

[Les Freathy]

AHA so thats where those Ford ET6 tractors ended up i knew they were middle east bound but never found out to whom, i checked this thread to see if the attached was on it but could find no trace i thought i had seen it here somwhere but prehaps i,m dreaming again oh well here goes in Belgium i think also there they are middle distance two 3 tonners
cheers
Les

[Keith Brooker]

Just bought this photo of a CMP? truck used in Germany I think used by a REME unit, post war, late 1940s. any info on the photos would be welcome, and Heavy Humber [Box] photos as well.

[Rich Payne]

Perhaps a bit dubious this one from the AWM but the crates are marked LV7 FD. Could they be Ford engines ? Surely no reliability questions there ?



100391
Maker: Lee, John
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Bandiana, Vic. 1944-03-30. Private B. Reeves, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) paints labels onto large cases for despatch from No. 1 Base Ordnance Depot. (A copy of this image appears on page 105 of the album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill in 1944 and now housed in the AWM Archive Store).