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Was the production version issued with an accompanying clown costume?
The circus only catches fire when you give confidence to the clown ...
My father was in the 2nd Paratroopers and said these things were usually chucked out far away from the drop zone so they didn't have to bother with them. Might be useful to have in the boot of your car in case of a breakdown but these days an electric scooter would be better.
It's a noisy motorbike! Its driver would be easily found on the battlefield and shot. If it were electric, it would be silent as a cat ...
I think these things were intended to be used by couriers and the like, it was one of those ideas that somehow seemed good at the time but did not work out all that great in practice.
Post war in london I would often see those Wellbikes being used for go to work transport.
They were great fun to play with when I was a kid.