RCAF Mobile Support Equipment (MSE): Trucks

RCAF Mobile Support Equipment (MSE): Trucks

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RCAF Mobile Support Equipment

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3581104)

RCAF truck No. 255, loaded with aircraft wings, 28 June 1937.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3643572)

RCAF Ford runabout truck No. 52, Camp Borden, 23 Aug 1939.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3581330)

RCAF 1934 Ford 2-ton dump truck, 3 July 1939.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3580952)

Innis Cunningham half-track dump truck, 25 Feb 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584879)

RCAF recruiting vehicle, 18 Dec 1953.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3586116)

RCAF truck No. 5404 with Grumman Goose, July 1943.  

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3583659)

RCAF L Lorry, 10 Jan 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584695)

RCAF truck No. 61K64-A43 with Diesel engine pack loaded, Uplands, 13 Aug 1952. The truck is a winch-equipped model, and is carrying a 5J series cat first generation diesel engine with 3 phase generator. (Andrew Crossen)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584200)

RCAF Ford 3-ton 60-cwt dump truck No. 36-405, 25 Jan 1949.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584210)

RCAF 1-3/4-ton truck, 25 Jan 1949.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584201)

RCAF 2-ton stake truck No. 32-439 RE, 25 Jan 1949.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584199)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3589507)

RCAF MT truck, SC bomb hoist, 4 May 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584202)

MT truck, SC bomb hoist, 25 Jan 1949.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584212)

RCAF SC 3-ton truck No. 33-190, 25 Jan 1949.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584208)

RCAF pick-up truck No. 440 RE, 25 Jan 1949.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584184)

RCAF weapon carrier truck, 25 Jan 1949.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3356798)

Canadian Army truck, 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3583530)

RCAF Nutrional Laboratories truck, 5 Oct 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584190)

RCAF 1/4 ton Car 5-Cwt (Wartime designation), Jeep, No. 95-558, 25 Jan 1949.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584220)

Shoran truck, Sudbury, Ontario, 12 Feb 1949.

SHORAN is an acronym for SHOrt RAnge Navigation, a type of electronic navigation and bombing system using a precision radar beacon. ... SHORAN used ground-based transponders to respond to interrogation signals sent from the bomber aircraft.

SHORAN used ground-based transponders to respond to interrogation signals sent from the bomber aircraft. By measuring the round-trip time to and from one of the transponders, the distance to that ground station could be accurately determined. The aircraft flew an arcing path that kept it at a predetermined distance from one of the stations. The distance to a second station was also being measured, and when it reached a predetermined distance from that station as well, the bombs were dropped. The basic idea was similar to the Oboe system developed by the Royal Air Force, but in Oboe the transponder was on the aircraft. This limited Oboe to guiding a single aircraft per ground station, while SHORAN could guide dozens, limited only by how rapidity the ground station's transponders could respond. (Wikipedia)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584392)

RCAF 3/4-ton truck, Avro Lancaster, Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories, 14 June 1950.

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