Picture of the day.

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That's the Tasker short semi-trailer with the Bedford OXC tractor used by the RAF Salvage and Repair Units.

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and with a Hurricane on ...
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the pic source: Engines of the Western Allies in WW2

And two shots more ...

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the source: Help identifying WW2 RAF trucks

Salvage of a Spitfire ..

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the source: the net.

Many thanks for the information and additional pictures. Now to find one in 48 scale.....

 

[Wurger]

Many thanks for the information and additional pictures. Now to find one in 48 scale.....

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Try to find the Tasker 33 FT semi-trailer , Wespe Models 1:48 scale resin kit 48147

Good luck ..

 

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The RAF training. I like the weaver there.

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"Red 3 get back in formation and steer 2-3-0"
"Repeat Please"(in Polish accent).

Pete

 

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Thats a proper deep rut.

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Last time I use the FETHING valet!!!

Pete

 

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Whoops...

"I said to the skipper I put the sprinkler on as the lawn looked a bit dry....."

 

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New engine time.

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I asked Santa for a new bike....

Pete

 

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Pre-mud...439sqn. RCAF.

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Geo

Canadian version of a water slide???

Pete

 

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Fixed coastal defence at Fort Cowen, Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia.

We used to sit in the ruins of that for a brew up after a dive in Moreton Bay when I lived in Brissie. Will try and find the pics to show what it is like these days.

Pete

 

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Howard Morris. One of the greatest cartoon voice actors.

He also directed a number of Andy Griffith episodes.
"IT'S ME, IT'S ME, IT'S ERNEST T."

 

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Ollie Gottbigones training for the '45 Worlds Strongest and Dumbest Man contest.

Pete

 

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DAMN...that is one BIG hemorrhoid!!!

 

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Oil well fire putter outer I think, fighting fire with greater fire. Looks like oil fires in the background after the first Gulf war

She was called Big Wind officially but we used to just call her Frankenstein's Fire engine. T34 with 2 Mig 15 engines bolted to the top. Made a hell of a noise. I do believe she is still being used today for clearing runways. Also really good for bubble making for raves.

Pete

 

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A T-34 and Pzkpfw VI shown for comparison.

Note that they are not actually "nose to nose", but they are parked offset, the Tiger being further from the camera.

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Methinks someone took the cavalry jousting metaphor a little to literally!!!

Pete

 

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Cant resist her....

(French Resistance Members WWII France)

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Her name was Simone Segouin, also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet. When this photo was taken she was 18 years old. The girl had killed two Germans in the Paris fighting two days previously and also had assisted in capturing 25 German prisoners of war during the fall of Chartres. Her father was a decorated WWI veteran who taught her to shoot and to defend France even if it meant your death. This picture was taken on August 19th 1944. Side note....2 or 3yrs ago a 28mm miniature was produced of her by Warlord Games for use in Bolt Action games.

Warlord Aid The Resistance & Prepare The Home Guard! – OnTableTop – Home of Beasts of War

www.beastsofwar.com

 

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Civilian, para-military Police (Communist ?), hated by virtually all of France.

The Malice were formed by the Vichy Government to fight the Resistance and were more feared than the Gestapo. Due to their excesses in interrogating prisoners most fled to Germany after the fall of France and were incorporated in the SS Charlemagne division. After the war large numbers were shot sometimes in groups, severely beaten, thrown from windows or drowned in rivers. In August of '44 the French Government had 76 former members executed.

Pete

 

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Ollie Gottbigones training for the '45 Worlds Strongest and Dumbest Man contest.

Pete

"Jack not name. Jack job" -- the Muppets

 

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A large formation of B-17Fs of the 92nd Bomb Group flies toward Germany.

 

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I read a book about his and his fellow holdouts' story. He was the last to surrender. Quite a tale. Ya gotta wonder if his kind of obedience and dedication would have been typical among the soldiers and civilian population of Japan had we invaded them. As was feared, it could have been the most horrible struggle imaginable. Yep, he deserved a medal, and all of that back pay.........in 1972 yen, and then some.

Somehow a "bacon" seems appropriate.

He would have eaten it.

 

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344th Bomb Group B-26s drop 2000lb bombs against a railway bridge near Nonnweiler, Germany, January 29th 1945. At that date, this mission would have been to disrupt the Nazi lines of communications during the retreat from their Ardennes Offensive.

 

[Wurger]