Talk:Victor Jones (British Army officer)

Types of Dummy Tank
Currently an image caption says "A dummy tank, of the sort used by Jones". The image is of an M4 Sherman. The first 300 of these arrived in Egypt in September 1942 in time for Alamein. Whatever dummies Jones was making between 1941 and then were presumably something else. The dummies used at Alamein in Operation Bertram seem all to have been made of palm hurdles and canvas, definitely not inflatable, and they were made by Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate, where Maskelyne had briefly worked. The inflatable Sherman seems to date from 1944 for use in France. (Maskelyne definitely made prototype tank "sunshields" but it's not clear he made dummy tanks.) What sort of dummy tanks did Jones make or "use"? Some citations might be useful. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:28, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * You're probably right, I've got nothing clear and that image was added some time ago :) At Al Elemain I have references to him being in charge of 4th Armoured - a fictional brigade created when the real 4th Armoured was torn apart during the retreat. He had command of inflatables and props, apparently, as well as (later) real tanks. No info on exactly what the models were. --Errant (chat!) 10:09, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * p.s. I'm currently in email contact with someone who has a *lot* of images of these tanks etc. who might be able to upload them under a free license. So there may well be a lot more to play with in the near future. --Errant (chat!) 10:10, 19 December 2012 (UTC)