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11-08-16, 05:47 PM
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1st Armoured Division, in the Western Desert,
© IWM (E 11507)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester in a jeep during a tour of units in the Western Desert, 8 May 1942. Note the 1st Armoured Division marking on the side. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...6741/large.jpg
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11-08-16, 06:43 PM
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Hi, everybody wanted the jeep but getting tyres for them was a nightmare, as this photo shows, thanks for image, best wishes Mike
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12-08-16, 12:26 AM
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Some motion picture footage of the Duke during the same visit. Unfortunately no sound. The scene of him in the jeep is at 3:17.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/du...east/query/WW2
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28-08-16, 09:35 PM
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That's not one of the common Willys or Ford jeeps, it's a 1941 Bantam BRC built by The American Bantam Car Company. They only built 2,675, all in 1941, before further orders were stopped. From 1941 to 1945 Willys built around 361,000 and Ford around 278,000 so I would imagine a Bantam jeep would be a rare sight these days.
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29-08-16, 06:03 AM
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29-08-16, 08:23 AM
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