Picture of the day. (55 Viewers)

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

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]

Interesting one posted over at TOCH today:

 

[vikingBerserker]

Now that one is excellent!

 

[Wildcat]

Nice! Looks like it was taken yesterday

 

[Crimea_River]

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

 

[Lucky13]

 

[syscom3]

T34 Calliope in France

 

[Wayne Little]

Excellent, that Thunderbolt shot is stunning!

 

[planb]

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

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Like to know more about that tractor

 

[fastmongrel]

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]

Very cool, great info.

 

[Milosh]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Isn't that a swimwagon?

 

[Njaco]

Yes! My mistake - Schwimmwagen.

 

[Njaco]

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]

Excellent pic!

 

[fastmongrel]

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