Warbird Information Exchange

Here are some photographs from the Davis Library at the Patton Museum in Kentucky, they have very little in the way of airplanes photos but some of you folks might enjoy these...

Oak 214- ETO HQ 45 8890, 16 Jan 45, Soldiers of the 43rd Mobile Repair and Reclamation, Squad H, assemble metal wing superstructure for piper cub in shop in Bettelainville, France. L to R: PFC Pasey L. McBride, Roanoke, VA, PFC Robert Conway, Galena Park, TX.

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Oak 215- ETO HQ 45, 8891, 16 Jan 45, Soldiers of a mobile repair & reclamation squad repair battle damaged cub in snow-covered field at Bettelainville, France. L to R: SGT Arthur H. Wolfert, Peoria, Ill., CPL Ben W. Ruscoe, Greenwood, Miss., T/SGT Julius Nelson, Baltimore, MD, and T/SGT Roland Brule, Central Falls, RI


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Oak 216- ETO HQ 45 8892, 16 Jan 45, Soldiers of a mobile repair and reclamation squad repair salvaged cub shot down while observing enemy artillery action. They are at repair shop in Bettelainville, France. L to R: CPL Tex Dunson, Du Quoin, Ill., CPL Ben W. Ruscoe, Greenwood, Miss., and SSG Kenneth Douthitt, Oakland, Ind. 43rd Mobile Repair & Recalmation, Squad

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Oak 217- ETO HQ 45 8893, 16 Jan 45, Soldiers of a mobile repair and reclamation squad apply dope to cub wing before painting it in shop in Bettelainville, France. L to R: SGT Earl L. Lizana, New Orleans, LA, and Willard R. Slover, Everton, ?.

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Oak 218- ETO HQ 45 8894, 16 Jan 45, MAJ Colven E. Candell, Louisville, Ala., right, inspects engine, while two soldiers of a mobile repair and reclamation squad assemble windshield on cub in snow-covered field at Bettelainville, France. MAJ Candell is CO of the squadron. The other soldiers are, L to R, SSG William E. Densnore, Woonsocket, RI, and SGT John E. Adams, Shirley, Mass. 43rd MR&R., Sq H.

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Oak 219- ETO HQ 45 8895, 16 Jan 45, Soldiers of a mobile repair & reclamation squad give cub engine final check before PVT William Jensen, San Diego, CA, in cockpit, takes plane up for test flight at Bettlelainville, France. Other soldiers are, L to R: SGT Leo J. Battaglioli, Summerville, Mass., PFC Desiderio Baca, Winslow, AZ, and SGT John Persites, St. Albans, Long Island, NY. 43rd

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Those are great!
THanks for posting!
I'm sure the L-Bird guys here are gonna love them!
Got any more?
Jerry

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Notice the name of the plane "MRR special" mobile repair and reclamation squad. No sorry to say, I have about a dozen more to post from the museum....63 CD's of tanks and Patton, but few aiplanes

Very nice pictures...

Ryan

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i thought i would bump this back up in case some folks missed it

Press photographer: "Now guys, look like you are doing something to the airplane before we can all go back inside."



Thanks for sharing AJ. Great pics - looks COLD.

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Great Photo story there Armyjunk2. The moral I take away from it is........"Don't go putting your tongue to the bare metal whatever you do".......

Great slice of life at the tail end of the Bulge. It would also appear they used up a lot of cubs during that time.

Regards
Steve

Owch.

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James K

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Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

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Looks like just about everybody in the photos have their Rally Caps on.