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Nov 3, 2011 - 11:53AM

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Hi Henk..Do you know when/where this picture was taken?...MLO is the Canadian abbreviation for 'Military Landing Officer'..so they must have landed somewhere in the recent past!...Ian

Rob Miller

Nov 3, 2011 - 7:21PM

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Nice picture.

I hadn't heard of CMLO before either.

The blackout appears to have been relaxed so I guess its at the end or after the war.

The frame number of the front bike is WM20 28827 (acording to the keycard) and was sold off on the 31/1/62 from the British Army On the Rhine (BAOR).

Rob.

email (option): robmiller11@yahoo.co.uk

Lee Davey

Nov 3, 2011 - 8:05PM

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Does the "14" prefix mean it's a re-built machine?

email (option): lee@twowheelstested.co.uk

Rob Miller

Nov 3, 2011 - 8:16PM

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Lee Davey

Does the "14" prefix mean it's a re-built machine?

Hi Lee

Yes, the block "C" 1400000-1499999 was reserved for rebuilt motor cycles.

Rob.

email (option): robmiller11@yahoo.co.uk

Ian Wright

Nov 3, 2011 - 9:00PM

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Can anyone make out what is above, and in front of the primary chaincases/crankcases on the bike in the rear of the photo?...Ian

Rob Miller

Nov 4, 2011 - 6:48PM

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Sorry Ian I can't

I have consulted another forum and they think "CMLO" may stand for "Civilian Mixed Labour Organization", formed in 1947 as an unofficial Polish guard unit in Germany.

Rob.

email (option): robmiller11@yahoo.co.uk

roger

Nov 4, 2011 - 9:28PM

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ian the bike in the background could it be something like a triumph trw and that is the exhaust pipe of a twin engine the petrol tank and primary chain case do not look BSA