Sunday, 29 September 2013

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 087

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Chassis: 353
Cab: ?
Type: Cargo
Comment:  Taken during Operation Cobra.
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 086

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: Cargo
Fittings: Gun Ring
Comment:  Free French forces.  Note the unusual place for the mirror on the front passenger side wing.
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CCKW 353 - Clubmobiles

No: 085

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Clubmobile
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Troop Train (1943) - Short Film


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Comment:  Lots of shots of CCKWs in this.
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 084

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Cargo
Location: Louisiana, United States
Year: 1942
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CCKW 352 - Tipper

No: 083

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Chassis: 352
Cab: Closed
Type: Tipper
Caption: Factory photo of GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab short wheel base dump truck, Pontiac, Michigan, United States.
Year: 1941
Comment:  This was a one off that was not put into production.
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 082

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Cargo
Year: 1941
Other Vehicles: Dodge WC27
Comment: Loaded on railway flat cars for shipment from manufacturing plants to points of embarkation.
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CCKW 353 - Tanker

No: 081

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Tanker  (750 gallons)
Year: 1940
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 080

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Cargo
Fitting: Winch
Year: 1940
Stencil: USA W-001272
Location:  Pontiac, Michigan, United States
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CCKW

No: 079

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Chassis: ?
Cab: ?
Type: Cargo
Caption: Canadian 1st Special Service Force troops relaxing near Anzio, Italy, 20-27 Apr 1944
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 078

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Chassis: 353 ?
Cab: ?
Type: Cargo
Location: Anzio Beach head
Date: 1944
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Monday, 23 September 2013

CCKW 353 & 352 - Cargo

No: 077

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Chassis: 353 & 352
Cab: Closed
Type: Cargo
Comment:   Battle Of The Bulge
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 076

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Chassis
Cab: Open
Type: Cargo
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 075

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 074

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Chassis: 353
Type: Cargo
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CCKW 352 Cargo + CCKW 353 Compressor

No: 073

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Chassis: 352 and 353
Cab: Closed and Open
Type: Cargo and Compressor.
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CCKW 353 - Workshop

No: 072

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Workshop Body
Use:  Mobile Broadcasting Unit
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 071

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Cargo
Other Vehicles: Dodge + Diamond T.
Comment:  Note the Yellow rings round the Stars.
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 070

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Cargo
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CCKW 353 - 40mm AA

No: 069

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: AA
Comment:  French army vehicle with a 40mm Bofors. Operated by the 2nd Free French Armoured Division (or Division Leclerc)
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 068

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: Cargo
Comment:  Note spare tyre on bonnet of front truck.
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 067

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Chassis: 353
Cab: ?
Type: Cargo
Type: Workshop
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 066

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Cargo
Stencil: USA 4126494-S
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 065

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: Cargo
Fitting: Winch
Other Vehicles: Aircraft & Aircraft Carrier
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CCKW 353 - Clubmobile

No: 064 
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Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: Clubmobile
Fittings: Pioneer Rack
Other Vehicles: Landing Craft
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CCKW 353 - Box Body

No: 064

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Box body
Stencil:  USA 4140837
Comment:  -
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Saturday, 21 September 2013

CCKW 353 - Cargo - with Optical Repair Unit

No: 062

Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: Cargo (Wooden)
Comment:  Note the extra height on the bows.
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 061

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: Cargo
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 060

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: Cargo
Other Vehicles: Jeep + Motorcycles
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 059

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Cargo
Fitting: Winch
Other Vehicles: Dodge
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No: 058

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Comment: Not a CCKW, although at first glance it looks like one.  Might be a Mack NR.
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 057
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Chassis: 353
Type: Cargo
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Commentary:  Destruction: Some of the pictures, such as this incredible view of the bombed-out town of Agneaux, show the extreme damage wreaked on the French countryside. The two boys are watching an American Jeep drive past the rubble-strewn landscape.
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 056

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Supervision: African-American soldiers watch German prisoners unloading casualties' corpses from a wagon near Colleville-sur-Mer.
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CCKW

No: 055

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"This African American, then called Negro soldier, who served as truck driver and mechanic, at Fort Knox, Kentucky, played an important part in keeping the army's transport fleets in service. Photo was taken in June of 1942. Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, DC Photographer: Alfred T. Palmer "
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Monday, 16 September 2013

CCKW 353 - Cargo (Video)

Vid-001

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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 054

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: Cargo ?
Fittings: Gun Ring
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CCKW 353 - Workshop

No: 053

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CCKW 353

No: 052

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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 051

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: Cargo
Other Vehicle: Dodge + Jeep + Diamond T
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CCKW 353 - Tipper

No: 050

CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 049

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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 048

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CCKW 353 - Workshop

No: 047

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: Cargo
Other vehicles: Landing Craft + Jeep + Barrage Balloon.
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 046

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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 045

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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 044

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Closed
Type: Cargo
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 043

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Chassis: 353
Type: Wooden Cargo
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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 042

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CCKW 353 - Cargo

No: 041

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Chassis: 353
Cab: Open
Type: Cargo
Other vehicle: Jeep
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