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Hanno Spoelstra 08-06-15 20:05

"Aircraft Carrier somewhere in NW Australia"
 
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Chevrolet with an oversize Beaufighter load:

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Richard Coutts-Smith 08-06-15 21:52

Ahhhh yes, just a quick bit of "Reconditioning". Wonder how many hours were needed to get it back in the air.
Rich.

Matt Austin 08-06-15 22:20

British-built Beau, too. Lovely machines, I've had the pleasure of ground-running the Moorabbin example. Something we're working towards again.

Love the Chev; I can hear the springs groaning from here!

Cheers,
Matt

motto 10-06-15 15:43

A Holden cab '42 Chev earning its keep. Unusual reinforcement across the grill appears to be a narrow 'civvy' type bumper reassigned to other duties.

David

Hanno Spoelstra 12-06-15 09:37

I found this picture while looking for something else (as one does), I saved it because it showed up in a cached G503.com forum thread which was no longer current. Even though the forum thread no longer existed, I could save the picture from the cached thread, so it was likely the picture was linked from somewhere else. Using Google I quickly found it in the photo repository for the G503.com forum - see http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/show...rrier&cat=3020

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New York Bureau
Aircraft Carrier
Somewhere In Northwest Australia � Returning to its base in Northwestern Australia on one motor, and making a belly landing, this royal Australian Air Force Beaufighter completed a successful mission in Timor. Now, riding atop an aircraft-carrier-on-wheels, the warbird is heading for a repair shop for reconditioning. It will soon fight from the skies again, with the Beaufighter Squadron that has rung up a total of 60 destroyed enemy aircraft, 4 probables, and 61 damaged, in the first ten months of 1943.
Credit Line � WP�(Photo by Thomas L. Shafer, ACME Correspondent for War Picture Pool) 11-25-43
Source:http://www.arkmilitaryheritage.com/

cliff 12-06-15 10:06

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Originally Posted by motto (Post 210558)
A Holden cab '42 Chev earning its keep. Unusual reinforcement across the grill appears to be a narrow 'civvy' type bumper reassigned to other duties.

It's an improvised push start bar for push starting the Fords :smoker: :D


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