Personnel of No. 53 Repair and Salvage Unit use a Coles Crane to haul the fuselage of damaged Hawker Hurricane Mark IIB, BD930 “R”, of No. 73 Squadron RAF onto a Queen Mary trailer in the Western Desert, likely 1942. Following repair, BD930 saw further service with No. 335 (Hellenic) Squadron and No. 127 Squadron RAF. Victor Sierra

Repair on the desert

A Cromwell Mk. VIII tank at the Royal Armoured Corps testing grounds in Bovington, England, 1944. There seems to be a crowd watching in the background.

Flying tank

Vehicle tenders of No. 53 Repair and Salvage Unit, transport salvaged Hawker Hurricane fuselages through the Western Desert for repair at the Hurricane Repair Section, Helwan, Egypt. A question: what type of vehicle is it? Victor Sierra