A06304 WWII USAAF 8th Bomber Resupply Set Model Kit DCC-21 RUNNING NUMBER W17953

RUNNING NUMBER W17953

Six locomotives were built for these services during 1872

The nickname 'Teddy Bears' came about following a comment by a Swindon Works foreman who commented "We've built The Great Bear

Over the years cars from these groups were repainted into the various colorful schemes that the GN developed through the late 1950s and into the 1960s

The model produced for Rails of Sheffield by Bachmann Europe Plc

A06304 WWII USAAF 8th Bomber Resupply Set Model Kit DCC-21 RUNNING NUMBER W17953As US bomber operations began to take place at airfields all over Southern England from the summer of 1942, the vehicles used in servicing their Liberators and Flying Fortresses were slowly changing from the standard RAF support vehicles, to specialised US Air Force equipment. From fuel trailers to bomb trolleys, Bedfords were quickly being replaced by Chevrolets. Autocar U 7144 T 4X4 tractor unit and F 1 fuel trailer. The U 7144 T was used