Hi
@Sarg1969
It's a Westfield Compax F92H.
The frame number G14144A L2 tells us the frame was made in February 1944, and it was built up into a bike at about the same time. At this point they were still building the last of the Military G519 bikes, so the nearest surviving frame number I have to yours is 53 after yours, a G519, MG14197A belonging to
@blackcat
I started the restoration of my G519 COLUMBIA MG 14197A found in December 2004 in Normandy. Disassembly was relatively easy, on the other hand very big work on the rear part of the frame which underwent the assaults of time. Found in Normandy 2 years ago a pair of fendres WESTFIELD, redo the...
thecabe.com
What appears to have happened with your bike is that a batch of frames was made in February 1942. Yours(and some others) were built up then, and then the last G519 bikes took priority. The balance of L2 dated F92H were bulit up when G519 production ended, about a couple of weeks later.
The next surviving F92H I have listed is G15186A L2 belonging to
@Bozman (Sorry, I don't have a picture).
The next closest, I have quite a bit of detail on, G43404A; L3 belonging to
@R.Wheeler
Found this one out of Missoula, being sold as a table it had been made into for a wedding. I also found some very informative threads on here about them, but my serial number doesn’t seem to fit the mould (..or I was blinded by the sheer amount of information, which is possible). Can anyone...
thecabe.com
you'll see a bit more history discussion there, and what your badge looks like without the paint. Also, an idea of what parts are missing. You have most of the special parts, except the shorter chainguard (which may not have been fitted to yours anyway, difficult to know).
@Krakatoa may be able to help with parts.
Yours still has a green handgrip off a Military bicycle, I have seen these fitted to Compax's in the past too.
Your frame has the extra reinforcing rods at the rear which is common to wartime versions. The intention of Westfield was to try to sell this as a Paratroop bike to the US Army and Marines, but there's no evidence this happened. The bikes were certainly bought as transport by the Army, and also by civilians. Postwar, Westfield changed the name to Paratrooper to try to use this as an advertising lever.
Best Regards,
Adrian