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Unique ID:
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1560
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Added to Database:
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21 February 2011
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Last Edited:
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20 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Sherman Firefly (1400)
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Model (ID):
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M4A4 Sherman Firefly (1405)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
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Location (ID):
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Tank Story Hall (3004)
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Serial Number: |
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Registration: |
3053416 (US): “USA W 3053416” previously painted on hull sides, T228796 (British): “T228796” previously painted on hull sides.
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Other Identification: |
Unit markings painted on nose, hull sides and right rear mud flap.
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Collection Reference: |
E1949.340. (Accession 34049, Entry 1949.1028).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record Wikipedia – Battle of Arnhem
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Sole M4A4 manufacturer July 1942-September 1943) 2: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved American Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This Firefly was put on the museum books in 1949. It is painted to represent a tank of Guards Armoured Division around the time of the Battle of Arnhem, September 1944.
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March 2011
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1: Upper rear right view
Taken: 9 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7010 Added: 20 March 2012 Filename: 57641276... Views: 546 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front right view
Taken: 7 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7007 Added: 20 March 2012 Filename: 57635835... Views: 503 Select/Has Priority: 21/21
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3: Front right view
Taken: 7 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7008 Added: 20 March 2012 Filename: 57641236... Views: 280 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Front left view
Taken: 7 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7009 Added: 20 March 2012 Filename: 57641376... Views: 184 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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5: Upper front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4517 Added: 21 February 2011 Filename: P1030255... Views: 212 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Upper rear right view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4518 Added: 21 February 2011 Filename: P1030265... Views: 178 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 1982
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7: Front left view
Taken: 26 October 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6717 Added: 12 February 2012 Filename: Scan_Fir... Views: 160 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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