Dunkirk Operation Dynamo Evacuation Beaches

Discussion in '1940' started by Drew5233, Oct 18, 2010.

  1. JCB

    JCB Senior Member

    Is it laid on a rocky scar ?
    There are rocky scars behind it , maybe not Dunkirk.
     
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  2. Roy Martin

    Roy Martin Senior Member

    No the 'crow's nest was on many ships, on an ordinary trading ship it was for a longtime the lookout's place. But on a fishing type vessel, which this is, it was commonly where the whale spotter (not sure what the proper term is) was. The ship on the right was in naval service, witness the gun on the forecastle (and on the tug that was towing it). That said both could well be French - I don't know what LT signifies. Strange that the tug also has a crows nest - suppose the alternative is mine spotting or U-boat periscope spotting, but as they are both so small I can't really understand why anyone would want to go aloft to see them?
     
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  3. vermesch

    vermesch Member

    2nd photo wreck hms grenade in the harbour of Dunkirk
     
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  4. vermesch

    vermesch Member

    Malo terminus.
     
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  5. billh35

    billh35 Active Member

    I can't help but thinking that the front bus in this view may actually be an ex Northern Ireland Road Transport Board vehicle rather than ex Bartons. I would love to find more images of this if possible....
     
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  6. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    I've searched the thread, but can't see any images of the 56 Squadron Hurricane Mk1 US-T which seems to have been N2659 - Listed as forced landing on the beaches 29th May 1940...another location to find !

    Incident Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 N2659, 29 May 1940

    Hurricane US-T.jpg

    Hurricane US-T Reverse.jpg
     
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  7. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    A few more that came in the post. Photos from my collection.
    Keith.
    Dunkirk beach french ship.kb.jpg Photo_2021-12-28_174150.jpg dunkirk beach 1940. ships.trucks kb.jpg
     
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  8. jetson

    jetson Junior Member

    Sorry for being so many years late in picking up on your post. Stamford in Lincolnshire.
     
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  9. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    One barge was sunk at the end of the Mole next to the Isle of Man. SS Fenella. Photo from my collection
    Keith
    sunk ship 22.png
     
  10. vermesch

    vermesch Member

  11. Uncle Target

    Uncle Target Mist over Dartmoor

    Wartime Worcestershire.jpg

    There must surely be a place on his thread for "Bill" Tennant
     
  12. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    One more photo of a bus from my collection.
    Keith
    bef 1940 trucks close up bus.jpg
     
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  13. JCB

    JCB Senior Member

    Can you read bus the AOS Keith ?

    Craig
     
  14. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    No sorry the photo is not good enough
     
  15. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    Found the photo in my album and enlarged it. Could be 60? but not 100% on the bus. 1 L of C Motor Transport Company RASC.
    From Andrews book.
    Keith
    bef 1940 trucks bus.jpg
     
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  16. JCB

    JCB Senior Member

    Thanks Keith , I was wondering what unit had the bus, that RASC unit would make sense.

    Craig
     
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