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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by billh35 » 01 Oct 2020, 17:59

It's a Gilford 1680T and is taken in Occupied Jersey.

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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by uncle » 01 Oct 2020, 19:08

Hi billh35.
another photo...
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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by Maxschnauzer » 03 Oct 2020, 06:05

Hi uncle,
That one looks like an AEC Regal with Belgian or Dutch coachwork:
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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by billh35 » 03 Oct 2020, 14:02

Max & Uncle

This is a British built AEC Regal - not sure of the bodybuilder yet but definetly British!

The image posted by Uncle is a Leyland TS6 or TS8 again with British bodywork - I think the civilian number plate is still below he driver's cab window above the "WH". I wonder if a higher res scan may reveal that?

I suspect both were captured at Cherbourg during Operation Dynamo in June 1940.

Thanks for posting! Keep the coming!

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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by Maxschnauzer » 05 Oct 2020, 06:43

billh35 wrote:
01 Oct 2020, 17:59
It's a Gilford 1680T and is taken in Occupied Jersey.
Looks like this may be another one here, bill.
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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by billh35 » 05 Oct 2020, 11:26

This example is in the UK undergoing preservation. Thanks.

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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by billh35 » 05 Oct 2020, 18:51

Maxschnauzer wrote:
03 Oct 2020, 06:05
Hi uncle,
That one looks like an AEC Regal with Belgian or Dutch coachwork:
Bodywork by Metcalfe and believed to new as UK "JD 6472". Owner details to follow. Impressed by UK Government 1940 and believed catpured in northern France 1940.

Do you know where the photo was taken?

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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by Maxschnauzer » 07 Oct 2020, 04:57

billh35 wrote:
05 Oct 2020, 18:51
Maxschnauzer wrote:
03 Oct 2020, 06:05
Hi uncle,
That one looks like an AEC Regal with Belgian or Dutch coachwork:
Bodywork by Metcalfe and believed to new as UK "JD 6472". Owner details to follow. Impressed by UK Government 1940 and believed catpured in northern France 1940.

Do you know where the photo was taken?
Unfortunately, bill, I have no idea where the photo was taken. Have you checked w/ Holger Erdmann at http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/? The photo is from his collection.
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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by glushenko » 08 Oct 2020, 08:16

Mercedes-Benz
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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by billh35 » 08 Oct 2020, 18:59

I am not quite sure how the Swedish Red Cross came to have this RHD Gilford.....
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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by billh35 » 13 Oct 2020, 16:03

There are a number of photos of coaches around Brest and Cherbourg ports as well as abandoned British coaches around Dunkirk in 1940.

I can't find which units these belonged to and an OOB for the BEF lists:

No. 1 Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps
No. 2 Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps
No. 3 Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps
No. 4 Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps
No. 9 Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps
No. 13 Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps
No. 14 Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps

I would guess these were equipped with trucks rather than coaches. So which units were operating coaches in the BEF?

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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by Sturm78 » 14 Oct 2020, 22:49

Hi all,

Can somebody identify the exact model of the Mercedes-Benz bus posted by glushenko on 08 Oct 2020 ?
OP 3750 ? :?


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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by Maxschnauzer » 15 Oct 2020, 05:41

Hi Sturm,
That's what I was thinking. It's close but different coachwork so I'm not 100%.
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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by korup » 18 Oct 2020, 01:06

I'm not bus specialist, but four RB1346s were used in Warsaw before the war. The original coachwork was looking like that:
Mercedes-Benz_64.jpg
But after some time they were rebuilt into this:
Mercedes-Benz_65.jpg
I don't know other names than RB1346 for this body.
Hope this helps.
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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss

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Post by Maxschnauzer » 18 Oct 2020, 05:56

Very interesting.
Thank you Pawel.
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