Willyslancs Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 would have been nice to find this .:thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?page=3&t=436246 found it here ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormin Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Good find there. This one looks almost ready to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 No mistaking the serial number on that GMC/Dodge/other(?), Willyslancs, but what make is the utility/car sat next to it? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 not sure , looks nice tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 No mistaking the serial number on that GMC/Dodge/other(?), Willyslancs, but what make is the utility/car sat next to it? :confused: Not sure but looks very much like a Packard a neighbour had 60 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Truck is a Chevrolet 1.5 ton 4x4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I like this one better. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I like this one better. . . . :thumbsup:what page are you up to:sweat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I like this one better. . . . Truscott airfield, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Years ago, one episode of the Bush Tucker Man showed all these old Blitzs lined up and rusting. I also knew someone who managed to visit the site, access was not good, but it seems now that the airfield has been opened up as a base for off shore exploration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 but it seems now that the airfield has been opened up as a base for off shore exploration. Yes , I've been told its all very strict these days , limited access . The Japs actually landed a recce team on the coast along there. A missionary priest was abducted by a Jap floatplane as he was mooching along the coast in a small vessel, sadly he was beheaded by his captors . In another odd happening, a DC3 was shot down along there and the passenegers and crew made their way to a local mission . Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) :thumbsup:what page are you up to:sweat: Page 22 and 23: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=436246&page=22 Like Richard said, these trucks were featured in a "Bush Tucker Man" episode, which I used to watch regularly. Not because I wanted to survive in the wild, but because the Major presenting it always had interesting historical stories. Like these trucks and other equipment which were brought in by ship/landing craft to build an airstrip in the remote North of Australia to protect against a Japanese invasion. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungalalu_Truscott_Airbase - Hanno Edited July 6, 2009 by mcspool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) Another HMV found on the Canon Digital Photography Forums. This is a Ford 3-ton 2G8T or G8T. Note the Olive Drab base coat showing through after the red and black paint wears off. Great to see the black out lighting still in place. Under S.M.2451 the UK were delivered with these US-built Ford 3 ton 4x2 6-cyl. 158" wb chassis with stake bodies (source: Data Book of Wheeled Vehicles: Army Transport 1939-1945): (click on image for large size scan) Below is a picture of a preserved example, shown at Beltring a few years back: Source: Ferdinand Hejl's photo site H. Edited July 6, 2009 by mcspool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazungumagic Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) Yes , I've been told its all very strict these days , limited access . The Japs actually landed a recce team on the coast along there. A missionary priest was abducted by a Jap floatplane as he was mooching along the coast in a small vessel, sadly he was beheaded by his captors . In another odd happening, a DC3 was shot down along there and the passenegers and crew made their way to a local mission . Mike Mike, I was able to get in there in the middle 90s, via a RAAF Caribou - it's owned/leased by Santos now and surrounded on three sides by Aboriginal land holdings. We walked about 15 kms from Truscott to the C47 site. The aircraft is still mostly intact, but the important bits were salvaged long ago. A large hole had been cut into the fuselage, presumably to facilitate that salvage. This is the plane, which I believe ran out of fuel - there's no evidence of anything being shot up, apart from a few later bullet holes. Jack Edited July 6, 2009 by mazungumagic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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