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Mark Allen M
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This thread is dedicated to a certain CAF fuel truck gal (along with many other duties I'm sure) who has shown passion, commitment and leadership to her organization. She has shown by her dedication a fine example of someone all of us would want as a fellow member of any organization. I'm quite convinced the Commemorative Air Force is fortunate to have you aboard and are very proud of you and your commitment to the mission.

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Great post Mark. Interesting collection & topic.

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Thx Drew, as you know ... Ya can't fly em if you don't fuel em! An unappreciated endeavor for sure.

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42-5526 P-61A-1-NO 8) - survived :D until 31 August 1945 :( when it was condemned to salvage :axe:

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Yeah great stuff as always Mark.
There is a whole lot more work to these things, than there is flying to be had.

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DH82EH wrote:
Yeah great stuff as always Mark.
There is a whole lot more work to these things, than there is flying to be had.

Andy Scott


Amen, a lot of folks forget that it's the crew chief 8) and ground maintenance laborers :D :drinkers: that let the pilots fly their planes and trust 'em to not fold, spindle, nor mutilate their aircraft pop2

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Anyone have a wartime (GMC?) fuel truck as seen above?
They seem to have been pretty standardized in both chassis and fuel tank and pump unit.

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Ground crew pictures are always interesting. Great collection as usual, Mark.

I can't help but think of all the effort it took to refine all that gas and ship it halfway around the world. Staggering.
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Can't help but to post more refueling photos because the demand is off the charts for riveting drama portrayed in these type of photos :wink:
.. and sorry for no information, just too darn lazy today ... :axe:
More to come for those who are sitting on the edge of their seats.

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Fantastic photo set!

The P-51 must be one of very few Allied fighters that you can re-fuel with both feet on the ground!

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Thank you for the wonderful photos!
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Ah! don't bother with the blushing stuff, keep making them blush on their side :wink:

Here's even more gas madness!!!

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Superb set of photos Mark.

I am very curious about this one, this Thunderbolt seems to be wearing what looks like RNZAF markings! I assume it's an RAF roundel painted over a factory-applied US star and bar? And yet the groundcrew chap seems to be in American garb.

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Superb set of photos Mark.

I am very curious about this one, this Thunderbolt seems to be wearing what looks like RNZAF markings! I assume it's an RAF roundel painted over a factory-applied US star and bar? And yet the groundcrew chap seems to be in American garb.

Looks Brazilian to me...

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