Blitz (and related) bits on Ebay Australia

Ryan · #1 07-10-10, 11:23

wheel holder:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FORD-CHEVROLE...item27b56b8648

1944 swb:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1944-Ford-Bli...item19bfe9dc99

Ryan · #2 09-10-10, 12:03

Blitz LWB 1945:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/WW2-1945-PHOT...item19c00db004

And a daimond T, but what is it carrying? Is it a matilda mine clearer?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/WW2-1945-PHOT...item19c00dcf46

colin jones · #3 09-10-10, 12:34

No Ryan, It is carrying 2 padfoot rollers
Colin.

cliff · #4 09-10-10, 21:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan

Blitz LWB 1945:

And a daimond T, but what is it carrying? Is it a matilda mine clearer?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/WW2-1945-PHOT...item19c00dcf46

The main equipment is a concrete batching & laying machine for airfields. This photo shows the RAAF construction unit being loaded prior to shipment to Japan as part of the occupational Force.

Ryan · #5 10-10-10, 01:20

Cheers guys, seems I was letting my imagination run free.

Ryan · #6 12-10-10, 11:17

c60l:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Chev-Blitz-Ti...item27b59f88d2

chev heads:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/GM-CHEV-strai...item3cb17742d4

winch:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BLITZ-Chev-To...item230ab704e2

aj.lec · #7 12-10-10, 12:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan

c60l: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Chev-Blitz-Ti...item27b59f88d2

If anyone is interested in this C60S I will be in the mudgee area on thursday if anyone wants better pictures or descriptions .PM me and I will see if owner will be available for a viewing

2nd AIF · #8 19-10-10, 11:33

No connection with the seller
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....STRK:MESELX:IT

Hanno Spoelstra · #9 12-10-10, 11:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan

And a daimond T, but what is it carrying? Is it a matilda mine clearer?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/WW2-1945-PHOT...item19c00dcf46

For future reference:

Quote:

WW2 1945 PHOTO LOADING RAAF TRUCK INVASION OF TARAKAN
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DESCRIPTION:

We offer for your consideration an original WW2 1945 photo of the loading of an RAAF truck into a landing craft ready for transportation from Morotai Island for the invasion of Tarakan, Borneo. Note that the truck is carrying a heavy grader for the making of an airstrip for RAAF planes. The truck weighs 23 tons. The Australian invasion of North Borneo was as much a political exercise as it was a military one:

The decision by the Allies to invade Borneo in 1945 was for the most part political. It had only marginal strategic value. General Douglas MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces in the South-West Pacific Area, planned the operation partly to alleviate concerns of the Australian government that its forces were being relegated to operational backwaters, as New Guinea had become. MacArthur had largely left Australian forces out of the most significant operation of this stage of the war – the liberation of the Philippines – with only some warships and a few air force units taking part. The invasion of Borneo was intended to make Australian forces more visible again in pressing home the war against Japan.