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Old 17-01-07, 21:27
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Just came across this pic with a 15 cwt CMP in the background (missing a mudguard) and wondered what similar pics you people may have come across where the CMP was incidental to the photograph.



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Old 17-01-07, 22:15
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Keith do these qualify

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Old 18-01-07, 00:06
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Nice images. I like the one where they've taken the V8 out to show how superior it is.
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Old 18-01-07, 13:39
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And in that pic with the Ford V8 on the ground (Les's 1st pic), Wot Jamaica the vehicle behind that? Does the windscreen appear vertical to you? Do the door windows appear to be of an unusual pattern? Is it a CMP... (Bedford, innit?)?
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Old 18-01-07, 16:22
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Is it a CMP... (Bedford, innit?)?
Yup, Bedford MW, but without bonnet.
They must be playing "put a Ford V8 on the ground and put a Bedford 6-inline next to it, and tell me which one is superior".

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Old 18-01-07, 16:43
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"put a Ford V8 on the ground and put a Bedford 6-inline next to it, and tell me which one is superior".

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Awful hard way to find out what ought to be a simple answer!
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Old 18-01-07, 17:03
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"put a Ford V8 on the ground and put a Bedford 6-inline next to it, and tell me which one is superior".

The Bedford without a doubt, is more superior. If I recall, Fords did not produce the old flathead after the mid 50's, but the Bedford was still there up until the 70's, in improved form (214 ci).

This should start a discussion !!
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Old 18-01-07, 17:30
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Yes there it is poking its nose out from the left corner, interesting array of vehicles incuding a Dodge D15 Bedford Qls , Jeep, Bedford 15cwt and a Dodge three quater ton now would that be one of Canadian manufacture
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Now chaps this is how we are going to do it, the Herts and Beds regt recieve instructions at the staging camp at Ghatiagon
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Old 18-01-07, 17:36
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My excuse for this one is the camera man was on a ground recce mission, plenty of CMPs for support
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Old 19-01-07, 01:54
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Hi Keith;

Does this qualify ......

Caption: Personnel of the 7th Infantry Brigade Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (R.C.E.M.E.), examining a damaged Focke Wulf Fw 190 aircraft of the Luftwaffe at an airfield between Aurch and Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 8 May 1945
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Old 19-01-07, 02:28
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Does this qualify ......

Caption: Personnel of the 7th Infantry Brigade Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (R.C.E.M.E.), examining a damaged Focke Wulf Fw 190 aircraft of the Luftwaffe at an airfield between Aurch and Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 8 May 1945
Source: LAC - PA-145160

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Does it ever! What an interesting shot, the Butcherbird is almost more interesting than the CMP!

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Old 19-01-07, 09:25
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Yes there it is poking its nose out from the left corner, interesting array of vehicles incuding a Dodge D15 Bedford Qls , Jeep, Bedford 15cwt and a Dodge three quater ton now would that be one of Canadian manufacture
Looks like one D15 with the tilt off, and one with it on.

Note that the furthest one has a had cab with a passengers side rectangular hatch - much more likely to be a RHD D15 than any other Dodge methinks.

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Old 19-01-07, 14:42
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Found another .....

Caption: Captain C.H. Davis welcoming an incoming draft to No.1 Canadian Armoured Corps Reinforcement Unit, Woking, England, 8 August 1944
Source: LAC - PA-163407

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Old 19-01-07, 18:07
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Keith do these qualify
Les- Your first picture really caught my eye the picture of Ford in its native environment in the repair yard with engine on the ground.

Now I’ll dig a deep deep foxhole and hide.
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Old 19-01-07, 18:30
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a couple more .....

Caption: Infantrymen of The North Nova Scotia Highlanders advancing near Dorterhoek, Netherlands, 8 April 1945
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Old 19-01-07, 18:32
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Caption: H/Major John W. Forth, Chaplain, presiding at a Holy Communion service for the Mortar Platoon of The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.) near Caen, France, 15 July 1944
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Old 19-01-07, 18:41
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Caption: Pte. Paul Tellier and Lt. J.J.H. Conners of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.), attached to the Royal Regiment of Canada, talking to a group of young women, Blankenberge, Belgium, 11 September 1944
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Old 19-01-07, 18:42
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Caption: Corporal A. McLean and Sappers J.H.D. Pratte and P.E. Rivet, all of the Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E.), purchasing grapes from a Belgian with a dog-drawn cart, Bockhoute, Belgium, 20 October 1944
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Old 19-01-07, 19:00
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Caption: Private James Sproul of the 10th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E.), hanging washing on the line, Castel Frentano, Italy, 20 December 1943
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Old 19-01-07, 19:18
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Check out the paint job on the C15a in the picture with the Fw190. Really nice foliage pattern in accordance with MTP 46. Goes to show that the order of no repainting until needed was followed.
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Old 19-01-07, 20:40
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a couple more from a different source (IWM) .....

Photo No.: BU 3135
Photographer: Smith (Sgt) No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Title: THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45
Collection No.: 4700-30
Description: Sherman Firefly and other vehicles of 7th Armoured Division in Ahaus, 1 April 1945.
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Date: 1 April 1945
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Old 19-01-07, 20:48
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Photo No.: BU 5103
Photographer: Mapham (Sgt) No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Title: THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45
Collection No.: 4700-30
Description: Cromwell tanks of 7th Armoured Division in Hamburg, 3 May 1945.
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Photo No.: CL 508
Photographer: Saidman (Plt Off) Royal Air Force official photographer
Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945.
Collection No.: 4700-19
Description: RAF Police controlling traffic at "Gripper's Cross", a busy roundabout on the Caen to Bayeux Road in Normandy. In the foreground is Corporal Brian Nash and on the left directing an Army motorcyclist is Corporal Harry Petters.
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Old 19-01-07, 21:37
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Old 19-01-07, 22:23
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Here is a photo I copied at an airshow years ago from the display with a P40. See if you can guess the Theatre of Action.
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Old 19-01-07, 23:55
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see indication on photo ......

Caption: Rifleman F.C.S. Lloyd of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles standing beside the regiment’s sign “The Little Black Devils in the Woods” in the Reichswald, Germany, 19 March 1945
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Old 19-01-07, 23:59
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You couldn't get away with a sign like that in today's politically correct environment, could you.

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see indication on photo ......

Caption: Personnel of the 1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment, watching a sports meet in the Hochwald, Germany, 19 March 1945
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Here is a photo I copied at an airshow years ago from the display with a P40. See if you can guess the Theatre of Action.
Would it be North Africa or Italy?
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