dujardin
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Peter Graham
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Go on Andrew. How many other people who would be interested do not have to worry about postage ? Tell me more about the Lib restoration group in Melbourne.
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HERE YOU GO PETER YOU OBVIOUSLY DO NOT VISIT THE PATCHES FORUM,RGDS JEFF
Hey Jeff, spoke with Ed Crabtree yesterday. He's the Vet who flew with 530thBS/ 380BG for 9 months in 1943. Great guy and really interesting discussion.
A bit of history. He was a Flt Lt in the RAAF and was posted in 1943 to Fenton Field Northern Territory to fly with the 380th after they arrived in Australia. The idea was that he and initially four others would be trained and later become B-24 Instructors. He started as a co-Pilot and later became a Commander (The only Australian to become a Command Pilot in the USAAF during the War).
Whilst he was in the Top End with the 530BS the RAAF lost him so he wasn't able to get re-supplied with RAAF uniforms etc, no service pay and the Americans felt he needed better gear anyway so he was issued an A-2, uniform. boots, crusher and sidearm in shoulder holster (they wouldn't let him take his hip holstered Webley up as they said it could get snagged and go off). Eventually the RAAF authorities remembered him and was ordered to report to the local Air Vice Marshall who reprimanded him for being out of uniform! He had to give everyrthing back in the end (incl the jacket) but he did keep the .45.
Anyhow, he's now helping with the rebuild of the only Lib in Australia, and he was the last to fly this particular A/C before it ended up becoming a temporary house for many years. He's looking forward to seeing your work and he's very appreciative. He's not contactable by email, only snail mail and i'll pm you his address. The 530th is a cool image of Buggs on a bomb. I'm sure he'd love a 5th patch as well. Shame he doesn't haven an A-2 to stick them on but they will most likely go straight to the Museum they are putting together- so there you go- immortalized!
Here's some links to some of his old shots and another of the rebuild;
http://www.oldcmp.net/lib1.html
http://www.oldcmp.net/B24_1.html
http://b24australia.org.au/home.html
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Andrew
Hey Jeff, spoke with Ed Crabtree yesterday. He's the Vet who flew with 530thBS/ 380BG for 9 months in 1943. Great guy and really interesting discussion.
A bit of history. He was a Flt Lt in the RAAF and was posted in 1943 to Fenton Field Northern Territory to fly with the 380th after they arrived in Australia. The idea was that he and initially four others would be trained and later become B-24 Instructors. He started as a co-Pilot and later became a Commander (The only Australian to become a Command Pilot in the USAAF during the War).
Whilst he was in the Top End with the 530BS the RAAF lost him so he wasn't able to get re-supplied with RAAF uniforms etc, no service pay and the Americans felt he needed better gear anyway so he was issued an A-2, uniform. boots, crusher and sidearm in shoulder holster (they wouldn't let him take his hip holstered Webley up as they said it could get snagged and go off). Eventually the RAAF authorities remembered him and was ordered to report to the local Air Vice Marshall who reprimanded him for being out of uniform! He had to give everyrthing back in the end (incl the jacket) but he did keep the .45.
Anyhow, he's now helping with the rebuild of the only Lib in Australia, and he was the last to fly this particular A/C before it ended up becoming a temporary house for many years. He's looking forward to seeing your work and he's very appreciative. He's not contactable by email, only snail mail and i'll pm you his address. The 530th is a cool image of Buggs on a bomb. I'm sure he'd love a 5th patch as well. Shame he doesn't haven an A-2 to stick them on but they will most likely go straight to the Museum they are putting together- so there you go- immortalized!
Here's some links to some of his old shots and another of the rebuild;
http://www.oldcmp.net/lib1.html
http://www.oldcmp.net/B24_1.html
http://b24australia.org.au/home.html
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Andrew
