How to ensure an airfield has no loose shrapnel fragments ..

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7822

How do you ensure an airfield has no loose shrapnel fragments lying around? 121st Naval Construction Battalion use a magnet truck to clear an airfield of shrapnel for 'rehabilitation operations', 29 July 1944. (Seabee Museum photo)

Looks electromagnets with cables running to a power source and control panel in the back of the truck.

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:17 pm

DH82EH · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:06 pm

Several of the tugs at the FBO where I work have magnets to gather FOD.
They are covered with a hinged flap of aluminum that can be folded away to easily clear the magnets. Quite clever.
A client lost a gold bracelet last year. They suggested that the magnets be inspected for the bracelet :shock:

Not so clever. :wink:

Forgotten Field · **Posted:** Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:00 am

FYI,
That is an International Harvester M5H6 2.5 ton truck. Also, it is the dump version, which is even rarer to see. Compared to the GMC CCKW's 560,000 built in WWII, there were only 30,000 M5H6's built, nearly all used by USMC, USN, and USCG.

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