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Unique ID:
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1793
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Added to Database:
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8 August 2011
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Last Edited:
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10 August 2011
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Type (ID):
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M4A4 Sherman (1332)
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Model (ID):
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M4A4 (1332)
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Location Category (ID):
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Barrell Collection (3385)
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Location (ID):
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Storage (3385)
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Serial Number: |
5271
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Registration: |
T146309 (British): “T146309” painted on hull sides. Previously USA W-3057081.
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Other Identification: |
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Collection Reference: |
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Links: |
Restoration – HMVF
Debach 2009 – YouTube
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References: |
MMI0911.
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (September 1942)
2: Imber Live Firing Range, Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA), Wiltshire, South West England, Britain (Recovered 6 June 1991)
3: Barrell Collection, Bedfield, Suffolk, East England, Britain (Current location)
4: Debach Airfield – Suffolk, Britain (Rally 2004)
5: Barrell Collection, Bedfield, Suffolk, East England, Britain (Current location)
6: War & Peace Show, Beltring, Kent, South East England, Britain (2005)
7: Barrell Collection, Bedfield, Suffolk, East England, Britain (Current location)
8: Route to Victory – Ramsbury, Britain (May 2008)
9: Barrell Collection, Bedfield, Suffolk, East England, Britain (Current location)
10: Debach Airfield – Suffolk, Britain (Rally 6 June 2009)
11: Barrell Collection, Bedfield, Suffolk, East England, Britain (Current location)
12: Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, East England, Britain (MV Show 19 June 2011)
13: Barrell Collection, Bedfield, Suffolk, East England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:
This M4A4 was built in September 1942 by Chrysler at the Detroit Tank Arsenal. It was the 467th built out of a total production run of 7499 M4A4s. Issued to the US Army with registration number USA W-3057081, it was transferred to the British Army and given a census number of T-146309. It ended up on Salisbury Plain, along with about 25 other M4A4s and other assorted vehicles to be used as survey targets for the Royal Artillery. It was recovered on 6 June 1991 and then fully restored over many years. It took part in its first public rally at Debach in 2004. (Source: A. Barrell, HMVF).
It has since attended other rallies including Debach Airfield on 6 June 2009 and Duxford Military Vehicle Show on 19 June 2011.
Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:
[No entry]
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