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Old 15-06-2008, 06:19 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Excellent story. One of my favourite units but one I know very little about.

The wrecked truck in the first pic appears to be a Chevrolet of about 1940 (I've had a good look at the mudguards and compared the relevant Chev and Ford models, the Ford has a much more sweeping guard and meets the running board at an angle not almost vertically as in the pic). The model in the second pic is a Ford, probably V8.

Having said that, the mudguards have the evidence of headlight fittings more akin to the Ford...
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Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM.
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