Infantry Tank Mk IV Churchill Mk VI AVRE • Imperial War Museum Duxford

Current Condition

Good.

Vehicle History

Even though the Imperial War Museum acquired title to this vehicle in 1986, it did not arrive on museum premises until 2000. Initially recovered from Salisbury Plain, where it had been used as a range target, it was loaned to 26 Armoured Engineer Regiment, 3rd Armoured Division as a memorial. The formation's No. 6 Armoured Workshops based at Iserlohn, Germany repainted the vehicle as T68024/B 'Bulldog'. In 1987 the vehicle was dispatched to Hermanville, Normandy where it was positioned as a memorial to 3rd Division, commemorating their landing on Sword Beach on D-Day. It was painted to represent a tank of 77 Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers who landed with 3rd Division. It was repainted in situ by 6 (HQ) Squadron, 22 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers in 1998. The loan was cancelled in 2000 ( a Centaur tank taking its place ) and the AVRE returned to Duxford for display in the Imperial War Museum Normandy exhibition.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/70000239