JoeJoe DeMarco wrote:Hi Tim
6088611 was assigned to M3A1 Scout Car Ordnance Serial Number 15348. It would have been accepted in 1943. I like to record USA Numbers from any and all sources. Do you have any more info about the period photo? Such as was the SC in US service? In the US or overseas? Month / year of photo? Unit, etc?
Joe
Thanks for the confirmation - had been trying to verify if the vehicle was a "British WSC" or "American" - we suspected an American Ordnance number, rather than British Census number.
The SC with this number was in service in Germany with the British "Phantom" GHQ Liaison Regiment, attached to the US Army in 1945... history prior to then, not sure... but the Phantom chaps served with the US Army from D-Day to the end of the war, so could be they had the same vehicle too.
Dont know any more at the moment - but if someone owns this one... I can probably track down the names of the crew (British and American serving in the same vehicle), phantom patrol unit details and US army unit it served with at the time the photos were taken.
I suggest you google Phantom GHQ Liaison Regt for more general info.
Cheers
Tim