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Unique ID:
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1930
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Added to Database:
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24 December 2011
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Last Edited:
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22 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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M4A1 Sherman (1310)
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Model (ID):
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M4A1 (1310)
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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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World War 2 (3010)
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Serial Number: |
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Registration: |
“T74195” painted on hull sides.
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Name: |
“MICHAEL” cast into plaques fixed to hull sides.
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Other Identification: |
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Collection Reference: |
E1955.32. (Accession 3255, Entry 1955.1015).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
Jack Olding & Company
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Location History:
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1: USA (January 1942)
2: Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, East England, Britain (Not Hatfield House but Oldings Company – early 1942)
3: Horse Guards London, Britain (early 1942)
4: 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 M4A1 was the first Sherman to be shipped to England during the Second World War and was one of the first ever built; it is probably the oldest surviving Sherman. It has a turret-top main armament sight, front hatch vision slots, twin fixed machine guns in the hull front, and M3 Tank type suspension. It was made of non-ballistic steel at Lima Locomotive Works in January 1942. It was named MICHAEL in honour of Michael Dewar and when it arrived in London it was displayed on Horse Guards Parade as the first Sherman tank to be delivered under the Lend-Lease scheme. It was put on the museum books in 1955.
There is a photograph of this tank on the Bovington website captioned ‘E1955.32 - M4A1 Sherman II Michael - Jack Oldings Hatfield’. It is therefore presumed that at some point it travelled to Jack Olding & Company which was based at Hatfield in Hertfordshire. Oldings were agents for American bulldozer and tractor manufacturers, and during the War were also involved in readying imported tanks, including US Grants and Shermans and Canadian Rams.
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March 2011
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1: Front right view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7024
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57604150...
Views: 177
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front left view
Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7020
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57609476...
Views: 173
Select/Has Priority: 21/21
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3: Front left view
Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7021
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57603901...
Views: 156
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Left view
Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7022
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57604094...
Views: 183
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Front right view
Taken: 6 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 7023
Added: 20 March 2012
Filename: 57609410...
Views: 156
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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6: Front left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6182
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030864...
Views: 156
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6183
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030860...
Views: 163
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Front view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6184
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030859...
Views: 169
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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9: Front left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6185
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030863...
Views: 125
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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10: Left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6186
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030865...
Views: 173
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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11: Rear right view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6187
Added: 24 December 2011
Filename: P1030866...
Views: 162
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 1982
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12: Front right view
Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6721
Added: 12 February 2012
Filename: Scan_M4A...
Views: 162
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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