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Aaron Brooks Wolters · Mar 27, 2014

On the sequence of photos, first post on this page. It looks like it got caught in the explosion of the first ship. You can see that it is missing the tail assembly in the second photo.And the missing assembly is just behind the explosion the aircraft is ahead of. This is not the explosion that caused the damage though. I could be wrong, but I think that is what has happened.

Crimea_River · Mar 27, 2014

Interesting one posted over at TOCH today:

vikingBerserker · Mar 27, 2014

Now that one is excellent!

Wildcat · Mar 28, 2014

Nice! Looks like it was taken yesterday

Crimea_River · Mar 28, 2014

You'd almost think so. Here's another from the same place.

Lucky13 · Mar 28, 2014

syscom3 · Mar 28, 2014

T34 Calliope in France

Wayne Little · Mar 29, 2014

Excellent, that Thunderbolt shot is stunning!

planb · Mar 29, 2014

Crimea_River said:
You'd almost think so. Here's another from the same place.

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Like to know more about that tractor

fastmongrel · Mar 29, 2014

I think its an International Harvester T21 which used the running gear from the M3 tank. The M5 high speed tractor was an armoured version.

vikingBerserker · Mar 29, 2014

Very cool, great info.

Milosh · Mar 29, 2014

Guys, can I make a suggestion. Unless you can add more info to a posted photo, can you use the like this post option if you like the posted photo due to some rather large sigs.

syscom3 · Mar 29, 2014

Lt. J.G. Mae Hanson, NC, USNR, serves fruit juice to the casualties from Okinawa, while Pharmacist Mate, 2nd Class Kenneth Plain checks on a patient. May 1945.

Airframes · Mar 29, 2014

fastmongrel said:
I think its an International Harvester T21 which used the running gear from the M3 tank. The M5 high speed tractor was an armoured version.

It's a Cleveland Tractor Company heavy tractor, a 'Cletrac', used on virtually all USAAF bases, for moving aircraft, bomb trollies etc etc.

Njaco · Mar 29, 2014

Crimea_River said:
Interesting one posted over at TOCH today:

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CR, I have a whole series of this pic, taken as the kubelwagen rolls down the flightline.

Capt. Vick · Mar 29, 2014

Isn't that a swimwagon?

Njaco · Mar 29, 2014

Yes! My mistake - Schwimmwagen.

Njaco · Mar 29, 2014

October 1942:A new B-25 bomber is brought for a test hop to the flightline at the Kansas City, Kansas plant of North American Aviation.

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vikingBerserker · Mar 29, 2014

Excellent pic!

fastmongrel · Mar 29, 2014

Airframes said:
It's a Cleveland Tractor Company heavy tractor, a 'Cletrac', used on virtually all USAAF bases, for moving aircraft, bomb trollies etc etc.

Your right the running gear is similar but the T21/M5 is much bigger. The pic below is an M5

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