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RockStock Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:12 am Post subject: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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I see the occasional period Barndoor photo photo surfacing showing Barndoors in use within the armed forces.
They are usually posted within the ‘Barndoor Junkie - Vintage photos’ thread, where they can end up buried.
I seem to remember several posted there, & they will take some digging out. If you can help with that, please do.
These Barndoors mostly seem to be based in Europe, at a time when The Allies were patching things up after Hitler’s Germany & WW2.
They were typically painted drab army green, with the bumpers and nose badge colour-coded.
It would be nice to group these Barndoor here.
A couple of Swedish buses that are still around spring to mind.
This one is a British Royal Air Force Barndoor.
The TAF on the nose (top line) and door stands for Tactical Air Force.
The base name (town) would be the second line on the nose.
It has an RAF registration number, and displays the RAF roundel logo.
It was probably in use as an RAF pool car in Germany in the mid/late 50s.
Please post up any armed forces related Barndoors.
If you can add cool background info djfordmanjack-style, that’d be grand.
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:39 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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US Air Force Single Cab
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:43 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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finster wrote: |
danish (air force?) bus
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:49 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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I found this on the Facebook page for Vandenberg AFB's Security Police squadron.
Barndoor?
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Here is a little update on the photo. It was taken at Spangdahlem AB, Germany. It is a single cab. The photo was taken in 1955-1956. The US Air Force Air Policeman is armed with an M1 and three rounds, with all the gear, gas mask, canteen, ect. Turns out the AP's back then only worked during the daylight hours, with German forces securing the perimeter at night. I'm checking to see if there are anymore photos. |
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That picture answered a question I had when I posted this picture a while back. The USAF bought early VWs for use in Germany. I thought maybe this was a GI in front of a German Air Force vehicle but it was likely USAF property.
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:51 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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Blauchen L331 wrote: |
Very happy and healthy RAF (Royal Air Force) Police Dog at Jever Air Station in Germany in 1957 *note rare background motor pool action, with a RAF Barndoor (Dog Van) and various Beetles*
Those Police dogs traveled in style - *woof!*
Special thanks to my friend Dave J in England for sharing this photo from his archive.
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:56 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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Mike1973 wrote: |
Great pics! Love photos of old military VW's
(Go back to page 59 on this very thread for more British and American military service VW's.) |
thx mike, i love the military stuff too. the Air Police busses on pg 59 are great. love the shot of the guy with his pistol. that is epic. |
My dream VW I think would be a British Forces barndoor Kombi I very much doubt there are any left in existence though |
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RockStock Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:58 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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I assume from the same source?
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low54 wrote: |
How about this one
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WOW! How freaking cool is that OD Barndoor Deluxe ?
Looks like a RAF / USAF vehicle park?
And another military barndoor while we are on a roll here
http://www.langeleben.co.uk/gallery_pages/camp/1960_66.htm
Langeleben 1960 - 1966-2 Sqn 13 Signal Regt |
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This was from the same set, but I'm not convinced it is the same bus, or even a barndoor
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And some more
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RockStock Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:59 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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RockStock wrote: |
corner windowed kombi! |
I’ll include this Police BD. Coded badge and bumpers. _________________ -StockRocks- |
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:07 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:08 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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Here is a photo I picked up a few weeks ago.
USAF Military Police Vehicle.
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:10 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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Same plate run as the RAF bus in the first post…probably the same bus, taken at the same time?
TAF/2 = Second Tactical Air Force
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:15 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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....wish this picture was in COLOUR !! I recognize the PLATE, so I know what the colour is... weird thing is, all the trim and the beauty-rims on the wheels are nicely polished, doorhandle is chrome, while the LOGO is NOT chromed!! I guess this one was delivered in PRIMER before it went to the Belgian ARMY !! ...so YES, this must have been an ARMY GREEN Deluxe !!
HERE another one from the Belgian army... both pictures came from an Exposition in Ghent, in april 2011... It was NOT the same bus, as the second one's plate started with a 3.
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:17 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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BAOR (British Army Of the Rhine) crashed vehicle compound, magazine dated Sept '56. Pretty sure the buses in the background are barndoors?
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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This is interesting, a Behr scoop with only two popouts. Most of the time they seem to have six popouts except on ambulances.
Government vehicles often seem to have weird mixes of options, like sunroof standard beetles, etc.
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:33 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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US Air Force Barndoor
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finster Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:29 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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one that I posted previously
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:56 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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Another Behr/2 popouts combo
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Another one.
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:58 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:37 am Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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A/2c Kennedy poses with VW bus AP vehicle. 1959. 602nd AC&W Sqdn, Air Police Section. Giebelstadt AFB, Germany
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: Armed Forces Barndoors |
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blurry BAOR bus
gendarmerie
this is a surviving swedish air force bus
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