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Unique ID:
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2338
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Added to Database:
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23 June 2012
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Last Edited:
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8 July 2012
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Type (ID):
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A41 Centurion (3400)
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Model (ID):
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Mark 5/2 (3411)
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Location Category (ID):
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Cavaleriemuseum (11700)
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Location (ID):
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Building AJ / Storage (11706)
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Serial Number: |
147: “-147-” stamped into lower glacis.
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Registration: |
KX-15-30 (Dutch): “KX-15-30” painted on nose. “15-30” stamped into lower glacis.
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Name: |
“LKOL E.A.H. LICHTENVOORT CATS” painted on lower right turret side.
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Other Identification: |
“59 C” painted on front right mud flap and hull rear. “ST 07” and Dutch flag painted on front left mud flap and hull rear. Unit insignia painted on glacis.
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Collection Reference: |
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Links: |
Military Vehicle Photos
Hello Goodbye Soesterberg
Flickr
Bussum Bridgehead
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References: |
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Associated Tanks: |
Leopard 1-V Tank - Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Both tanks at Hello Goodbye Soesterberg 2009)
M24 Chaffee Light Tank - Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Both tanks at Bridgehead 2012)
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Location History:
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1: Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England, Britain (Design parent and manufacturer 1957-58)
2: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Current location)
3: Stichting Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg, Utrecht, The Netherlands (HelloGoodbye event at Soesterberg Air Base 13 June 2009)
4: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Current location)
5: Regiment Huzaren van Sytzama, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Familay Day March 2010)
6: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Current location)
7: Johannes Post Kazerne, Havelte, Darp, Drenthe, The Netherlands (Open Day May 2010)
8: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Current location)
9: Crailo, Netherlands (Bussum Bridgehead May 2012)
10: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved British Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In The Netherlands publication:
This Centurion Mark 5/2 is fitted with triple-rubber-block track. It is painted in the markings of 59 Tank Battalion (source: L. Delsing). It is in running order and took part in the ‘Hello Goodbye’ event to mark the closure of the Soesterberg Air Base on 13 June 2009. It also took part in a family day at Oirschot on 26 March 2010, the Museumdag 2010 event at Amersfoort on 10 April 2010, and the Dutch Army Open House event at Havelte in May 2010. More recently it was at the Bussum Bridgehead 2012 event at Crailo on 12 May 2012 along with the Museum’s running M24.
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