1943 Bedford MW 15cwt

1943 Bedford MW 15cwt in The Americanization of Emily, Movie, 1964

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

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johnfromstaffs ◊ 2010-05-20 19:22	A Bedford MW Americanised with a star on the bonnet.
Sunbar ◊ 2017-02-06 15:25	...I believe the star was also used on British army trucks from the lead-up to D-day to make them highly visible as allied vehicles after the Normandy landing. However there were different styles of stars and they may also have had an outer circle also in the later part of the war? It would not have had a painted-over civil numberplate however!

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johnfromstaffs

◊ 2010-05-20 19:22

A Bedford MW Americanised with a star on the bonnet.

Sunbar

◊ 2017-02-06 15:25

...I believe the star was also used on British army trucks from the lead-up to D-day to make them highly visible as allied vehicles after the Normandy landing.

However there were different styles of stars and they may also have had an outer circle also in the later part of the war?

It would not have had a painted-over civil numberplate however!

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1943 Bedford MW 15cwt