Bail out!

[Keith Webb]

I interviewed a former B24 pilot today. He's in his 90s now and told me about his war exploits.
He also showed me a book he had made of his life, and one page in particular caught my eye:





He was the last on the 'bus' on Fraser Island and had to sit next to the driver. The truck had no doors, and after the driver missed a gear change (it had no brakes) it ran away on a hill and he bailed out, something he had never done in a Liberator.

The truck appears to have been a medium wheelbase Ford cab 12.

[Private_collector]

Quite a number of CMPs were used as 'buses' on Fraser Island.

That was the days before the police & transport authorities took much of an interest in Fraser Is. road safety and vehicle condition.

One of my local parts sources has at least two CMPs that had served time on Fraser, and the years of exposure to salt water corrosion has left them in VERY poor condition. One still has the bus body on it, but you wouldn't brush against it for fear of getting Tetanus!!!!

Nothing is a total write-off but jeezus these Fraser Island trucks come very close to being absolutely useless. There is a steering wheel I fancy though. Chev unfortunately! Wood don't rust.

[Ganmain Tony]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

I interviewed a former B24 pilot today. He's in his 90s now and told me about his war exploits.
He also showed me a book he had made of his life, and one page in particular caught my eye:


He was the last on the 'bus' on Fraser Island and had to sit next to the driver. The truck had no doors, and after the driver missed a gear change (it had no brakes) it ran away on a hill and he bailed out, something he had never done in a Liberator.

The truck appears to have been a medium wheelbase Ford cab 12.

Oh the humanity!!!