Duxford Imperial War Museum Photograph by Brian Harris 5 August 2021 IMW Duxford, Cambridgeshire England UK. The Imperial War Museum preserves a B-Typ
Duxford Imperial War Museum Photograph by Brian Harris 5 August 2021 IMW Duxford, Cambridgeshire England UK. The Imperial War Museum preserves a B-Type bus, B43, which was built by AEC in 1911 and ran on London bus routes until being purchased by the War Office in served in France and Belgium until 1919 when it was repurchased by the LGOC. On 14 February 1920 B43 was inspected by King George V at Buckingham Palace, becoming the first bus the monarch had ever boarded. During the early 1920s the bus was retired from service and preserved by the Auxiliary Omnibus Companies Association, who renamed it Ole Bill after Bruce Bairnsfather's celebrated caricature of a British soldier. Ole Bill continued to appear in commemorative parades, before being presented to the Imperial War Museum in April 1970.
Size: 8256px × 5504px
Location: Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire England
Photo credit: © BRIAN HARRIS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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