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UNIQUE ID 2029: A22 CHURCHILL CROCODILE FLAME-THROWING TANK

Defence College of Management and Technology, Shrivenham, Britain

(Location: Status Unknown)


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Unique ID: 2029
Added to Database: 3 January 2012
Last Edited: 19 April 2014
Type (ID): A22 Churchill Crocodile (3900)
Model (ID): Churchill Crocodile (3900)
Location Category (ID): Defence College of Management and Technology (3110)
Location (ID): Status Unknown (3114)
Serial Number:
Registration: T347847M: “T347847M” painted on nose.
Name:
Other Identification: “25” painted on right side of turret front. Green squares painted on turret sides. Unit markings painted on ends of track guards.
Collection Reference: Bovington: E1980.121, (Accession 12180, Entry 1980.1043).
Links: Museum Vehicle Record
References:
Associated Tanks: FV3903 Churchill Mark VII AVRE Tank - The Tank Museum - Reserve Collection, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Transferred to Bovington in exchange for this tank)

Location History:
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1: Vauxhall Motors Limited, Luton, Bedfordshire, East England, Britain (Churchill design parent and primary manufacturer)
2: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (ca1980-2002)
3: Defence College of Management and Technology, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, South East England, Britain (Current location)


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This Crocodile was put on the Bovington museum books in 1980. Its left side air intake has been replaced by a sheet metal box. Marked ‘GONE’ in museum record on 11 January 2002. It was exchanged, less its trailer, for a Churchill AVRE and sent to RMCS Shrivenham for instructional purposes.


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October 1982

Front left view
1: Front left view

Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6755
Added: 15 February 2012
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