RAAF B-24

[CDF]

Cpl. D. W. Greig of Glen Iris, Victoria working on the engine of one of the R.A.A.F. Liberators which took part in the pre-invasion softening-up of Tarakan, Indonesia.

F/Lt. A. W. R. Triggs in the cockpit of his bomber

wireless-navigators who have participated in bombing raids with American Liberator bomber groups of the Fifth Air Force based in the Phillipines. In front row, from left: W/O J. W. Carroll, Sgt. R. C. Butler, Fl/Sgt. D. S. Aberdeen, W/O O. S. Nosworthy, F/O A. M. Carmen. Back row, from left: W/O J. Ratcliff, Fl/Sgt. W. J. Ford, F/O K. H. Pike, P/O P. G. Agnew and Fl/Sgt. A. J. Pattinson.

[CDF]

Squadron Leader F.M. Timms of Wollstonecraft, N.S.W., R.A.A.F. member of the Joint Staff Mission, Washington, inspecting the last B24 to leave the Douglas Modification Centre, Oklahama, for Australia

Liberator waist-gunner Flight Sergeant R. A. Grayson, of East Malvern (Vic.), keeps a sharp look-out for enemy fighters during a flight by R.A.A.F. Liberators over British North Borneo.

Crews being briefed by Flight Commander before take off, l. to r.: F/Lt. C. Badham (N.S.W.), F/O. J. Jamison (Middle Brighton, Vic.), F/O. D. Bosel (QLD.), F/Sgt. A. W. R. Triggs (Elwood, Vic.), Squadron Leader R. A. Dunne )[29(Essendon, Vic.) and F/Lt. E. T. Hockings (QLD.)

Flying Officer A. Ducat of Perth and Sergeant H. Willington of Sydney

[lmritger]

Uh oh Mark, looks like CDF is making a run on your territory with these awesome photo sets!

This is great stuff, the pic of that pilot with the EPIC MUSTACHE is absolutely fantastic. Good luck getting an oxygen mask fastened around that, LOL!

Lynn

[CDF]

L.A.C. C. W. French working on the guns in the rear turret.

L.A.C. A. Newton and Sgt. R. J. Fraser swinging the nose of a bomber around

Sgt. E. Schran cleaning the nose turret guns

L.A.C. E. F. Gillman, L.A.C. R. Cluff, Cpl. V. Beck and L.A.C. C. Makinson

armourers L.A.C. L. Curry, L.A.C. J. Quinn, L.A.C. J. C. Crayden and Cpl. D. G. Riley at work on the guns at an improvised work bench

Aged 27, Group Captain Deryck W. Kingwell, of Brisbane (Q'ld): is one of the youngest, if not the youngest, of that rank in the R.A.A.F. or R.A.F. He is captain of an Australian-manned Liberator operating from the Darwin area.Sgt. Bruce Smith, F/Sgt. Jack Holliday, F/O. David Barrett, Group Captain Deryck W. Kingwell, Pilot Officer Ted Jones, Flt/Lt. Stan Nichol, Flt.Lt. Fred Chester, F/O. George Bond, Sgt. Malcolm lewis and F/Sgt. Tod Baker

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[Invader26]

Wonderful pictures of those RAAF Libs. My father was a flight mechanic on them for a while.

Do you have any of the RAAF Fairy Battles. He spent time on those at Evans Heads....

[CDF]

Wonderful pictures of those RAAF Libs. My father was a flight mechanic on them for a while.

Do you have any of the RAAF Fairy Battles. He spent time on those at Evans Heads....

Enjoy
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[DH82EH]

Really great!

Thanks!

Andy Scott

[MarkN]

Thanks for posting these great photos!!

In relation to the one titled "Squadron Leader F.M. Timms of Wollstonecraft, N.S.W., R.A.A.F. member of the Joint Staff Mission, Washington, inspecting the last B24 to leave the Douglas Modification Centre, Oklahama, for Australia", you may be interest to know this aircraft didn't actually leave for Australia. It was only 75% complete when the deliveries were cancelled at wars end. Maybe there was some war effort public relations "speak" were involved in the story.

Other photographs of "Tulsa Joe", probably taken at the same time, show it had a Tulsa contractor number of 117 which equates to the B-24J-5-NT with serial number 44-28181, ending up at Kingman smelter.

The last allocated B-24 to leave Tulsa was a B-24J-1-NT serial number 42-78721 on 17 August 1945 arriving at Long Beach on 20 August 1945, it was soon joined on 23 August 1945 by the only completed B-24 from NWA St. Paul Mod Centre, it was also originally a B-24J-1-NT serial number 42-78710 making a total of four RAAF allocated North American Aviation built B-24s waiting at Long Beach for the next hop. There were approximately 100 other allocated NAA B-24's at either Tulsa or St.Paul modification centres awaiting or under modification.

Wondered if you can provide any further details on the source/s of the varoius photos and their captions?

Mark

[CDF]

One of the crews which took part in the R.A.A.F. Liberator raid on the Kali Konto hydro-electric power system l. to r.: Sgt. M. W. Lewis (Glenelg, S. Aust.), F/Lt. G. A. Bond (Melbourne, Vic.), S/Ldr. S. J. Nichol (Footscray, Vic.), F/O. E. T. Jones (Brisbane, QLD.), F/Lt. P. Tanner (Launceston, Tas.), S/Ldr. H. H. Steele (Elwood, Vic.), W/O. J. Holliday (Sydney, N.S.W.) and kneeling, W/O. R. L. Baker (Moorooke, S. Aust.).

Fl/Sgt. J. Patullo, of Preston (Vic.) in turret

front turret gunner in turret; W/O K. J. Blackshaw, of Yarram

Liberators in Darwin well satisfied with their job well done over the Celebes Indonesia F/O. R. Beckman, F/Lt/ C. Badham and F/Lt. E. East.

Liberators in Darwin. Moustaches are to the fore among the Air Crews F/Lts. E. T. Hocking, E. F. Smith and F. H. Treweere

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[CDF]

Australians in a RAF Liberator squadron operating in India and Burma L-R back: H.D. Scott, W.G. Hazard, S.J. Gregory, R.D. Tyndall, A.L. Baker, J.W. Gribble, W.R. Anderson, A.R. O'Malley, L.M. Peerman, C. Fristrom, L.A. Hendy, A.J. Beattie, C. Bowden, J.V. Shillito, C.R. Delaine, V.E. Willing. Front row: K.R. Weller, S.J. Smith, J.P. Donnellan, A.L.P. Fisher, W.H. Wheeler, K. Brandon, A.R. Williams, R.K. Davey, W.R. Wright, F.G. Barclay, R.M. Edwards, L. Marsh;

Flight Officer A. L. Fowley, of Mooroopna (Vic.),

Waist Gunners F/O. G. S. Thomas, Clunes, F/O. D. P. Dewhurst, Sydney

Air Crews leap from truck on arrival at strip. P.O. H. R. Hocking, F/Lt. E. H. East, F/O. L. R. O'Donnell and Sgt. N. E. Hill.

[CDF]

Group Capt. A.A. Barlow talking with instructors

Group Capt. A.A. Barlow with some of the boys who are being trained in Liberators

[jdvoss]

The lat few posted B-24 photos were no doubt taken at RAAF Tocumwal located in northern Victoria. It was a large Liberator base and post-war was the scrapping site for many RAAF aircraft. See http://www.tham.org.au as it has numerous photos of the scrapping operations (Mosquitos, Mustangs, Libs, et.al.).

[Pat Carry]

Fantastical!

[Steve Nelson]

Squadron Leader F.M. Timms of Wollstonecraft, N.S.W., R.A.A.F. member of the Joint Staff Mission, Washington, inspecting the last B24 to leave the Douglas Modification Centre, Oklahama, for Australia

What's up with the mods on this aircraft? There's some sort of sighting blister just ahead of the wing, and a large circular opening in the belly ahead of the bomb bay.

SN

[CDF]

armourer L.A.C. Kirk Smyth

W/O K. J. Blackshaw, of Yarram

Cpl. A. Gledhill, L.A.C.s R. Johnstone and G. Andrews working on a reconditioned motor

L.A.C. B. Fitzgerald, F/Sgt. B. Marchant "bombing up"

L.A.C. H. Gibbs and L.A.C. M. Williams at the bomb dump

L.A.C. M. L. Williams

L.A.C. B. Fitzgerald

L.A.C. R. Larwood and L.A.C. W. McKay working with a reconditioned engine

Sgt. W. Knight and L.A.C. W. J. Bethune taking an engine down for reconditioning

L.A.C. J. Sievenson, L.A.C. M. Giligicz and L.A.C. R. Dunning