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Unique ID:
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1560
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Added to Database:
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21 February 2011
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Last Edited:
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20 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Sherman Firefly (1400)
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Model (ID):
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M4A4 Sherman Firefly (1405)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
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Location (ID):
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Tank Story Hall (3004)
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Serial Number: |
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Registration: |
3053416 (US): “USA W 3053416” previously painted on hull sides, T228796 (British): “T228796” previously painted on hull sides.
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Other Identification: |
Unit markings painted on nose, hull sides and right rear mud flap.
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Collection Reference: |
E1949.340. (Accession 34049, Entry 1949.1028).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
Wikipedia – Battle of Arnhem
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Location History:
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1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Sole M4A4 manufacturer July 1942-September 1943)
2: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This Firefly was put on the museum books in 1949. It is painted to represent a tank of Guards Armoured Division around the time of the Battle of Arnhem, September 1944.
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March 2011
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1: Upper rear right view
Taken: 9 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7010
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57641276...
Views: 544
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2: Front right view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7007
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57635835...
Views: 500
Select/Has Priority: 21/21
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3: Front right view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7008
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57641236...
Views: 278
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Front left view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7009
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57641376...
Views: 184
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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5: Upper front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4517
Added: 21 February 2011
Filename: P1030255...
Views: 211
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Upper rear right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4518
Added: 21 February 2011
Filename: P1030265...
Views: 178
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 1982
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7: Front left view
Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6717
Added: 12 February 2012
Filename: Scan_Fir...
Views: 160
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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