# Queen Mary trailer

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Road trailer built to carry aircraft

[Bedford OXC](/source/Bedford_OY) and "Queen Mary" semi-trailer carrying part of an [Avro Anson](/source/Avro_Anson) aircraft at the RAF Museum London

 [Commer](/source/Commer) Q2 and "Queen Mary" trailer

A **Queen Mary trailer** is a British [semi-trailer](/source/Semi-trailer) combination designed for the carriage and recovery of aircraft. The trailer was made by [Tasker Trailers](/source/Tasker_Trailers) of [Andover](/source/Andover%2C_Hampshire), with [Bedford](/source/Bedford_Vehicles), [Commer Q2](/source/Commer) or [Crossley Motors](/source/Crossley_Motors) tractors.

## Description

Features included:

- Very low floor and ground clearance, typically around 12 inches (300 mm).

- Single axle.

- Wheels outboard of load area.

- Side rails to allow carriage of wings upright, resting on their leading edges.

Load was 5 tons "distributed evenly".

These features were a natural result of the intended load, aircraft being typically light but long. The name is presumed to derive from its length, a reference to the ocean liner [RMS *Queen Mary*](/source/RMS_Queen_Mary).

## Use

Nearly four thousand of these vehicles were used by the [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) and [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) [Fleet Air Arm](/source/Fleet_Air_Arm) during and after [World War II](/source/World_War_II). It also saw service with the air forces of commonwealth air forces, including New Zealand.[1]

Post-war civilian operators included [Silver City Airways](/source/Silver_City_Airways).

## Notes and references

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Queen Mary Trailer"](https://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/collections-research/conserve/current-projects/queen-mary-trailer/). *Air Force Museum*. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

- [Reference to delivery on Queen Mary Trailer](https://web.archive.org/web/20110605062216/http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/collections/aircraft/aircraft_histories/72-A-571%20%20Tempest%20TT5%20NV778.doc), [RAF Museum](/source/RAF_Museum), Hendon

- [Crossley vehicles collection](http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/history/military.html)

## External links

- [Photographs of Queen Mary trailer](http://www.raf-lichfield.co.uk/No%202%20M.T%20Gallery.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080128202634/http://www.raf-lichfield.co.uk/No%202%20M.T%20Gallery.htm) 2008-01-28 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) towed by a [Bedford](/source/Bedford_Vehicles) tractor at 2 M. T. [RAF Lichfield](/source/RAF_Lichfield); this is similar to the well-known [Airfix](/source/Airfix) model in the RAF Recovery set

- [Photograph and brief text](https://web.archive.org/web/20050330001445/http://members.aol.com/famjustin/Miles8.html), a [Hawker Tempest](/source/Hawker_Tempest) on a Queen Mary trailer following a crash landing

- [Picture of a recovered crashed Lancaster bomber being transported on several Queen Mary trailers](http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/3397805/Hulton-Archive)

- [A picture of a de Havilland Comet airliner fuselage being carried on a Queen Mary trailer](http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200184.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140221123208/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200184.html) 2014-02-21 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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