photos found on the net last night

[dujardin]

interesting b/w photo of US pilots with british Spitfire in Gibraltar

and this one of a Beaufighter MK VI-F under USAAF marking of the 416th NFS november 1943 in Italy

byeeeeeeeeeeee marcel

 

[zoomer]

Early wartime at a US base. The yellow bombs give it away, and the new paint on the a/c. It is a Lockheed A-29 Hudson, a type that saw much action with the RAF & RAAF, but was used by the US mostly in training.

Uniform clues - no AAF shoulder patches, grommeted caps, ranks on shirt shoulders (but no wings on shirts), and denim coveralls all point to a date before mid 1942, and the khaki ties mean it could not be much earlier.
Pins on your shirt shoulders could make it pretty painful carrying anything with a strap!

Another shot of your same Beech 17 (UC-43 #43-10828) is here. What a lovely little plane.

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[Andrew]

You find some great shots Marcel.

I want a Willeys Jeep and always have. A few years ago i went to check out one that was for sale my father in law. We were thinking of buying it together as he drove them in Europe. This one was converted to right hand drive so road legal, fully restored, with lockable original trailer all for AU$8K- peanuts. We didn't get it of course and probably I'll regret that decision forever.

 

[Bluebottle]

'The Wild Blue' by Stephen Ambrose mentions waist gunners having to deploy parachutes when using an emergency landing field with the hydraulics out. They removed the windows and tied the harness to each waist gun. Apparently a common practice when the hydraulic fliud was gone... :shock:

 

[dujardin]

in this post, i present a photo of a Beaufighter under USAAF marking, i was intrigated about that and realise some search.
i found other one.

take look on the photo below, don't you see the name on the plane... take a look above, i found on the splendid link that tankbuster gave the refuelling of this plane.

and now other photos of this unit

and this one , but not more sure of the origin, also in italy.
i don't recognise the plane, is it not a Spitfire ?????

byeeeeeeeeee marcel

thanks again Tankbuster for this splendid link where i waist many hours

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

the A-20 Havoc bomber titled "Hindoo" is from the 87th Bomb Sqd/46th Bomb Grp, that is the Squadron's emblem on the nose.

 

[rich]

and this one , but not more sure of the origin, also in italy.
i don't recognise the plane, is it not a Spitfire ?????

It's no Spitfire Marcel, but having said that I can't figure out what it really is......
Great photos again, thanks for taking the time to post all this stuff.

 

[havocpaul]

Yet again a fab selection! My late Father was stationed in Gibraltar in the latter stages of WW2, radio mechanic (ground crew) and he serviced many allied aircraft. Nice also to see the British aircraft used by the USAAF, easy to forget how many variants were lend-leased: Beaufighters, Spits, Mosquitos etc.

 

[Anonymous]

Another great find Marcel.

That Beaufighter is particularly nice. Hellova plane.

Dave

 

[Andrew]

and this one , but not more sure of the origin, also in italy.
i don't recognise the plane, is it not a Spitfire ?????

Pretty certain it's a Photorecon P-51B Marcel. Note the eyes on the side...

Pilot is wearing a first pattern Type C RAF flying helmet, wiring loom and type G mask- even has a bell shaped plug which suggests it's an got a Brit radio for some reason.

 

[rich]

Bingo - good eyes Andrew!

http://uscockpits.com/Early%20Fighters/ ... ustang.jpg

 

[USMC_GAU-21]

We had lend lease P-51A/B/C's to Britain, then we took some of them back when we entered the War. remember the Brits were the ones who thought the P-51 had what it took early on....man they were right! Just like the F-4U Corsair on carriers.....Brits did it first then the USMC.

r/Dan

This is an early USAAC P-51 in British camo.

Here is an early P-51A Lend Lease