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JDoe
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 05/12/2012 : 17:00:38
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Came across this picture in the spring edition of Memorial Flight.
The registration looks to be MG6606.
I wonder if any of those cars owners did make it back.
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kimber
United Kingdom
1529 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2012 : 17:36:02
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3240 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2012 : 18:56:24
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Poignant indeed.
The registration number MG6606 does not appear in the 2012 printed Register.
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tonym
United Kingdom
653 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2012 : 16:17:55
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Andrew
I realise that it is a poor image of the M-type number plate.
The number, if corect, seems somewhat odd
Using my 2011 Register, there is only one M with s number above MG2000.
There are only 3 MMM cars above MG6000 2 P,s and a K - very late in gtne MMM life cycle - & I bet that they were not issued with these numbers when first registered - 2 of the cars do not live in the UK either.
So 6606 or even the MG bit might be wrong.
Maybe another look might help
This is a good conundrum for Mike Dalby to pontificate on - if you are reading this, Mike
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John Haine
United Kingdom
208 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2012 : 18:48:38
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| I have saved the picture and modified the brightness and contrast and reckon the number might possibly be VG 8606. Doing this with the original image might help to decipher it more reliably. John |
Edited by - John Haine on 06/12/2012 18:49:06 |
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Gordon
United Kingdom
692 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2012 : 19:39:45
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I have played around with the image and agree the number is 8606. The letters are more difficult and the best I can do suggests VS, Having the original photo would make all the difference. Be glad to help if a good scan of he original could be supplied .
Gordon
PB 0331, MG4473
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Mike the M
United Kingdom
481 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2012 : 12:09:44
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MG 6606 is attributed to a TC 00719 of May 1946, but MG 6768 is on a Lagonda registered in September 1939. (Lagonda in Automobile Sept 2009) So unlikely that series of numbers on an M type.
However MW 6606 was 2M 0879 first owned by C. D. Medley in Salisbury, and PG 8606 is 2M 1422 on the Triple M register 1359.
The date at Downham Market would be interesting as it opened in 1942 with 218 Squadron with Sterlings and then with 623 Squadron also with Sterlings. Lancasters came in March 1944.
Hope this is of interest!
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LewPalmer
USA
3244 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2012 : 21:15:18
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I have played around with making the registration number more clear. I can't prove it, but the letters would seem to be "MG". I know this is a late number not in keeping with the age of the car, but stranger things have happened.
And I believe the number to be 8506.
Lew Palmer
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mgmog
United Kingdom
467 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2012 : 21:43:37
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I did the same, and if you get it as sharp as poss, then turn it into a negative, to me it looks more like NG 8605
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Bob Clare
United Kingdom
278 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2012 : 00:29:01
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Just a thought, VG was a Norfolk Registration Mark and Downham Market is of course in Norfolk. Surviving records are held by The Kithead Trust, De Salis Drive, Hampton Lovett, Droitwich Spa, Worcs. WR9 0QE. Tel. 01905 776681. kitheadtrust@live.co.uk
I found them very helpful when I was Registrar. You might be able to confirm that an M Type did indeed have VG 8606. The original owner and vendor might also be recorded which could provide a starting point for research. Chassis numbers are rarely recorded unfortunately.
Season's Greetings to all.
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Richard Hardy
United Kingdom
2159 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2012 : 10:11:26
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Message for Simon 'Sherlock' Johnson
Do you think you might be able to identify this Nissan shed on Google Street View
Rich
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Edited by - Richard Hardy on 09/12/2012 21:09:15 |
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Colin McLachlan
United Kingdom
991 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2012 : 10:54:47
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Gosh, Rich, were we importing Nissans during the war  ! That must have been top secret.
On the other hand, that could be a Nissen hut behind the MG
With acknowledgements to the great god Tpyos who no doubt introduced Google Steert View as well
Colin
PA 0613
MG3242
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3101 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2012 : 11:38:02
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Would it be possible to contact the author of the article in the spring edition of Memorial Flight who might have access to a better copy of the original image?
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6137 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2012 : 13:54:39
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The NG series of registrations ran from December 1930 to May 1935 which would suggest that NG 8605 would be a bit late for an M type. The VG series was for Norwich and ran from August 1927 to April 1937, so again an 8605 number would seem to be too late. I think Sam's suggestion is the most promising avenue to pursue.
And sorry, Rich, until Mr Google comes up with a time machine, we'll have to do without a Steert (sic) view as (according to Wikipedia) the airfield was demolished in the late 1970s when "much of the runways / taxiways where used as hard core for the construction of the Downham Market by-pass (A10). Today the majority of the site has been returned to agriculture, with the technical site becoming an industrial estate. There is an unmanned radio relay station located in one corner of the former base. Adjacent to St. Marys Church Bexwell, and opposite the former guardroom, is a small plaque to commemorate the station's existence". |
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3101 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2012 : 17:47:53
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This sad story seems to have been all too common.The car below survives to this day and once belonged to a young flyer who never returned.
I had the honour of knowing the late Bertie Smith DFC and he mentioned how, during the War, he had been offered a splendid Austro Daimler by the parents of one of his lost comrades but he declined not wishing to gain from the tragedy.
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spitfire
United Kingdom
371 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2012 : 11:54:59
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On the matter of the ghosts of the past. Oh to have a time machine and spy on our cars over the years. Picking up the veg from the corner shop, childrens' laughter and bright sunlight bleaching the coloured awnings as an AEC Regent 3 double declutches to tackle an incline.
Parking up by a nissun (sic) hut, feeling the dry tack of cigarette against lip as a Stirling's drone wavers on the wind. What HAVE they all shared?
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