Simplex servi cycle

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Simplex servi cycle

Post by Steve johnson » Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:41 am

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Hi, thought I would share this photo I have never seen before, did some research and have never heard of this bike before nor of its use by airborne troops


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Post by hummermark » Sat Jul 02, 2022 3:34 am

Apparently the airborne ones did not have the crash bars fitted .
Think the clamp on top of the head stock is so when loosened the handle bars can go parallel with the motorbike to save space like no front crash bars.
Military ones had a higher air intake .
Not to many ww2 pictures of them I also have not seen the one you posted đź‘Ť
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Post by Craig Johnson » Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:25 am

Is that a vintage photo or a reinactor. He has a goatee. ?
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Post by Steve johnson » Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:44 pm

It’s genuine, it’s one of a series taken, the sensor has scratched out all the emblems,

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Post by blackcat77 » Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:15 am

Hello;
This picture looks weird to me, but that's just my opinion :roll:
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Post by Steve johnson » Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:05 am

They are a set of photos taken after the battle of caranten by lfe magazine photographer Frank Scherschel
Trooper is John G Mcfarlen, 502 pathfinder, 101st airborne

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Post by blackcat77 » Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:23 am

Hello Steve;
I comfirm, the photo is from the time, i just found it :wink:
I knew that the Simplex had been used in small numbers by the American chaplains in Holland during the Market-Garden operation.
Now, i know that there is at least one Simplex used on the ground in Normandy in the days following June 6th :)
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Post by Steve johnson » Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:05 am

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Here is another great photo,looks like John in the front row holding the Thompson

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Re: Simplex servi cycle

Post by blackcat77 » Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:17 pm

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Yes, it's him, the 4th starting from the left :)
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