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VHO182R Thornycroft Carmichael Boscombe Down
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No: 44015   Contributor: Petros   Year: 1985   Manufacturers: Carmichael, Thornycroft   Country: United Kingdom
VHO182R Thornycroft Carmichael Boscombe Down

served at Aircraft and Armament Evaluation Establishment Boscombe Down, and then went to Knock Airport Ireland.

This photo was at Longleat 1985. It is preserved and rallied. It was at Llandudno 2022. On Flickr.

Courtesy Geoff Pritchard collection acquired via the Fire Brigade Society.
Picture added on 25 February 2023 at 18:22
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I went to that event, this COULD be one of my pictures. This was the first Boscombe Down appliance that I had seen, together with a Range Rover TACR2, really pleased that day.

Ed: it could be - Geoff did buy photos too, so I cannot always be sure about copyrights. If I am doubtful I usually say. I have to interpret his handwriting on the back!

Added by Bristol Bob on 28 February 2023.
I have come across a Thornycroft Nubian Major with the Registration number DWV149L which is on the DVLA site as registered in June 1973, it operated in the Boscombe Downs area, but I cannot find a picture anywhere. Can anyone help Please.

Ed: it is here

www.flickr.com/photos/49492308@N08/5381031065/in/photolist-9cvc4F

Added by Adrian J Carmichael on 12 July 2026.


Added by Petros on 12 July 2026.
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