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Mechanicsville, Maryland

 

1942 Chevrolet 1.5-Ton Military Firetruck

Owned by

Bill Wolf
"airbornecckw"
Bolter # 7359
Tilton, New Hampshire

 

06 December 2007
# 2153

From Bill :

           Greetings! A four year restoration has brought this 1942 Chevrolet 1.5 ton Military Fire Truck back to its original configuration. This truck has a chassis by Chevrolet, body by Oren Fire apparatus, and a pump by Darley Fire Pump.

           In WWII War Department terms, this truck was referred to as a Model 325 truck. I have restored it to its Army Air Corps Crash truck configuration. A large portion of my restored WWII military vehicles are modeled after the identical vehicles that would have been used by my Father's Air Corps unit as a tribute to him. Dad was a 50 mission B-17 pilot flying with the 15th Air Force, 97th Bomb Group, 342 Bomb Squadron out of Amendola (Foggia) Italy during the middle of 1944.

           This particular truck was never shipped overseas but was given by the War Department to a Long Island New York Fire Department as their first run apparatus. It made the rounds through other Long Island Departments before heading to upstate New York, where it was finally purchased by me.

           The truck is fully operational with its 300 gpm pump and carries 300 gallons of water.

Bill Wolf

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