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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: 176 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: 171 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: 153 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: 181 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: 154 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: 155 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: 161 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: 168 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: 122 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: 170 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: 161 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: 160 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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