► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss
Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss
It's a Gilford 1680T and is taken in Occupied Jersey.
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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss
Hi uncle,
That one looks like an AEC Regal with Belgian or Dutch coachwork:
That one looks like an AEC Regal with Belgian or Dutch coachwork:
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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!
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
This example is in the UK undergoing preservation. Thanks.
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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.Maxschnauzer wrote: ↑03 Oct 2020, 06:05Hi uncle,
That one looks like an AEC Regal with Belgian or Dutch coachwork:
Do you know where the photo was taken?
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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.billh35 wrote: ↑05 Oct 2020, 18:51Bodywork 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.Maxschnauzer wrote: ↑03 Oct 2020, 06:05Hi uncle,
That one looks like an AEC Regal with Belgian or Dutch coachwork:
Do you know where the photo was taken?
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Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss
I am not quite sure how the Swedish Red Cross came to have this RHD Gilford.....
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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?
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?
Re: ► Photothread: Bus/Omnibuss
Hi all,
Can somebody identify the exact model of the Mercedes-Benz bus posted by glushenko on 08 Oct 2020 ?
OP 3750 ?
Sturm78
Can somebody identify the exact model of the Mercedes-Benz bus posted by glushenko on 08 Oct 2020 ?
OP 3750 ?
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Hi Sturm,
That's what I was thinking. It's close but different coachwork so I'm not 100%.
That's what I was thinking. It's close but different coachwork so I'm not 100%.
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I'm not bus specialist, but four RB1346s were used in Warsaw before the war. The original coachwork was looking like that:
Hope this helps.
But after some time they were rebuilt into this:
I don't know other names than RB1346 for this body.Hope this helps.
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