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Airborne hand cart
Hi all. I have just acquired this Airborne hand cart. I'm looking for any information and or pictures. So far I have learnt that some were made by James of Greet in Birmingham. Cheers Ron
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hand cart
that is a very nice hand cart ron.
they where used by the army units and the airborne aswell. I have seen a picture of the jaguar factory (in a book of my dad about jaguar cars) who made them to. I try to find so picture for you when I am ad home. cheers jaap
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Thanks Jaap. That sounds like they might also have been made by Swallow Sidecars then? Ron
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Airborne museum
Find the Airborne museum and ask their archivist. Since it is appropriate to their mandate, no doubt they'll have photos and documents on it or its brothers.
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Yes will do later today Terry. I picked it up last evening so posted last night to see what information others might have. Ron
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Hmmm! I contacted the airborne Museum at Duxford. They want £25 up front before the'll even look at anything...With no garantee of any answers. I think I'll wait a while and see what I can dig up else where. I'm sure there will be pictures and information in books on the subject. I just don't have those books. Ron
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jaguar made handcarts...
Hi Ron I found the picture of the handcarts made by the jaguar SS cars factory.
I think that nower days there are not as much handcarts left as showing in this picture, such a shame I'll try to get some more pictures later when I am home. cheers jaap
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Wow! Thanks Jaap. That is a great picture. You say it's a Jaguar? Is there a caption with the picture? I'd appreciate anything else you find.
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more handcart pictures...
Hi ron the text with the picture was that the jaguar factory made more items in the ww2 like airplane engines and handcarts as you see.
here are two more of the airborne at arnhem in 1944. the first is on the landing zone of the south staffords and the second one is on route to the bridge on the utrechtse weg in oosterbeek. cheers jaap
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Great stuff Jaap. Thanks a million! Ron
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more handcart pics...
hi ron
I have some more (2) pictures of the handcart used on a excersize in egypte. the border regt is seen here with a wako glider. you can see the inside of the cart, the two straps to hold the cargo in place. cheers jaap
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Once again thanks Jaap. I had Lex Schmidt here this weekend and even he has not see all of those pictures. Ron
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