"Aircraft Carrier somewhere in NW Australia"

[motto]

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]

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looking for something else (as one does), I saved it because it showed up in a cached G503.com forum thread which was no longer current.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

Caption:

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]

Originally Posted by motto

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