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First of all, I have to start by thanking one of you, but I'm not sure who...

Someone posted a link to an excellent website I'd not seen before with buckets of photos of preserved AFVs.  Unfortunately I can no longer find that post!  So whoever you are - thanks very much indeed.

One of the photos on the website showed the inner face of the rear door of the Medium A preserved (if that's the right word) at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.  It seems that this was somewhere where Medium A serial numbers were sometimes painted - it can be seen in this position on the Medium A preserved in Brussels.  There appears to be a number in the same position on the APG Medium A, though painted vertically rather than horizontally as in Brussels.  You can see for yourselves at:

http://svsm.org/gallery/whippet/IMG_3712

The number is something 84 - I'm reading it as 284.  If it is the tank's serial number it can only be that or 384 and I know that 384 was sent for salvage in October 1918 so that seems unlikely.

My last record of 284 was that it belonged to C Coy 6 Battalion on 11 August 1918. 

Has anyone any idea how this Whippet ended up in the USA?  And can anyone confirm I'm not seeing things?

Gwyn


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Hi Gwyn,
Just been having a look at the picture and it is definately 284, however in another picture (29) there is a 3 figure number,near the header tanks, which is different. No Idea as to how it got to APG though.
Paul

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Hi Gwyn, over the wooden box there also appears to be a 3 figure number with an M over the top, Am I seeing things?... none of these numbers seem to be at all similar perhaps there is some other explanation.....

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Thanks for the replies. It was the position on the inside face of the rear door and this number, which is a possible serial, that struck me. I did notice some other numbers in odd locations that I can't explain but they aren't in positions I'd associate with a serial and don't appear to be in the right format. I need to study the photos more closely - haven't had time yet. But knowing more of the history of this tank would certainly help.

Gwyn

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