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Unique ID: 1305 Added to Database: 15 August 2010 Last Edited: 15 August 2010 Type (ID): M24 Chaffee (1075) Model (ID): M24 Chaffee (1075) Location Category (ID): Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor (67010) Location (ID): Museum Building (67020) Serial Number: 2762 (source: N. Baumgardner). Registration: “USA 30121290” painted on forward hull sides. Name: “REBEL’S ROOST” painted on turret sides (previously “THE PHOENIX” painted on upper glacis). Other Identification: “24 I” (previously “M-24”) painted on front right mud flap. “34-?2?” (previously “1942”) painted on front left mud flap. White star markings painted on turret sides (previously also on glacis). Collection Reference: Links: Wikipedia: Algerian War Wikipedia: Chasseurs d’Afrique References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Massey-Harris Company, Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA (Secondary manufacturer July 1944-June 1945) 2: France (From approx. 1950) 3: Morocco (From approx. 1955) 4: Algeria (From April 1958) 5: France (From approx. 1962 to May 1972) 6: Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA (Current location) Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved American Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In USA publication: Originally lend-leased to France, this M24 was returned to America by U.S. Air Forces Property Disposal in May 1972. It is in running order. It was found to contain some Algerian coins, implying that it had seen service in Algeria. It may well therefore have served with 12e Regiment Chasseurs d’Afrique which was reorganised in 1955 with a squadron of M24 ‘Bisons’ and deployed in Morocco in a garrison role. This unit was sent to Algeria in April 1958, and was eventually repatriated to France, being disbanded in 1963. The tank was on display in the museum building as “The Phoenix” before going into storage in one of the warehouses. It is now back on display in the museum as “Rebel’s Roost” (source: D. Moriarty, N. Baumgardner).

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2009 1: Front right view Taken: 2009 (Estimated) Contributor: D. Moriarty Photo ID: 3690 Added: 30 August 2010 Filename: Dig_M24_... Views: 226 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
June 1983 2: Front left view Taken: 30 June 1983 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3673 Added: 15 August 2010 Filename: Scan_M24... Views: 198 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Front left view Taken: 30 June 1983 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 3674 Added: 15 August 2010 Filename: Scan_M24... Views: 203 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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