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Unique ID:
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981
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Added to Database:
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August 2009
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Last Edited:
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August 2009
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Type (ID):
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A22 Churchill Crocodile (3900)
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Model (ID):
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Churchill Crocodile (3900)
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Location Category (ID):
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Musée Memorial (6040)
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Location (ID):
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External Display Area (6041)
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Serial Number: |
“VM8134”.
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“T17325837” painted on sides, but has been reported to originally be “T32041B”.
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“ASHFORDER” painted on air intakes.
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Location History:
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1: Vauxhall Motors Limited, Luton, Bedfordshire, East England, Britain (Churchill design parent and primary manufacturer)
2: Musée Memorial, Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved British Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In France publication:
The Crocodile was a flame throwing version introduced in 1943 and based on the Mark VII. It mounted a flame projector in place of the hull machine-gun and towed 400 gallons of flame fuel in a special trailer.
This Crocodile is missing its catwalks and engine louvers and does not have its fuel trailer. Its gun barrel shows evidence of having been cut in half, and not accurately rejoined. The tank was manufactured in September 1943. It was recovered from the compound of Pounds Shipowners and Shipbreakers Limited at Tipnor, Portsmouth, then cleaned and stripped of its badly rusted track guards and stowage boxes. It was transferred through Major General Brown of the Dulverton Trust. It was presented by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on behalf of the British nation to the inhabitants of Normandie. This was in commemoration of the Franco-British co-operation during the French liberation in 1944. Since the first edition it has been mounted on a concrete ramp surrounded by a low hedge.
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August 2007
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1: Left view
Taken: 29 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1682
Added: 9 August 2009
Filename: 58CNV06_...
Views: 203
Select/Has Priority: 4/0
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2: Front left view
Taken: 29 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1683
Added: 9 August 2009
Filename: 58CNV05_...
Views: 156
Select/Has Priority: 17/0
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3: Front right view
Taken: 29 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1684
Added: 9 August 2009
Filename: 58CNV07_...
Views: 182
Select/Has Priority: 17/0
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4: Rear left view
Taken: 29 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1685
Added: 9 August 2009
Filename: 58CNV08_...
Views: 163
Select/Has Priority: 17/0
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5: Close-up of fuel trailer coupling
Taken: 29 August 2007
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1686
Added: 9 August 2009
Filename: 58CNV08_...
Views: 150
Select/Has Priority: 17/0
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1992
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6: Front right view
Taken: 1992 (Estimated)
Contributor: M. Boyden
Photo ID: 1771
Added: 22 August 2009
Filename: Scan_Chu...
Views: 154
Select/Has Priority: 17/0
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July 1984
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7: Front right view
Taken: 31 July 1984
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 1756
Added: 12 August 2009
Filename: Scan_Chu...
Views: 165
Select/Has Priority: 17/0
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