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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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Supply personnel removed an engine from an FM-2 Wildcat, placing it in the engine storage section until the Assembly and Repair Department.

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Groundcrew refuelling a Hawker Hurricane Mark I of No. 501 Squadron RAF from a AM463 petrol bowser at Bétheniville, shortly after its return from a sortie, in 1940.

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To really put the scale of the B-36 into perspective, here is a P-47 Thunderbolt next to a B-36's propeller.

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Trucks serving as a windbreak for the Coast Guard plane to prevent wrecking Oct 1, 1943.

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USN CJ-5 Jeep.

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De Havilland Mosquito FB.VI, NE-F, serial PZ438m of 143 Squadron Royal Air Force being prepared for flight.

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Bristol Blenheim Mark IV, R3600, of No. 110 Squadron RAF, undergoing an elaborate servicing for the photographer, at RAF Wattisham, Suffolk.

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Goodyear Plant

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Barracuda II MX852 coded ‘B’ being towed by a tractor with its mainplane trailing edges in the folded position during August 1945.

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Ground crew towing an Avenger with a small tractor. Espiritu Santo.

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Royal New Zealand Air Force Avenger NZ2547 being towed by a small tractor on Espiritu Santo, 1944.

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Towing Vampire NZ7776 past a narrow bridge on the way to display it at the Farmers car park in Auckland. Aircraft is being towed by Clark tug SV3.

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Groundcrew refueling a Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 32 Squadron from a refueling truck whilst the pilot waits in the cockpit, Biggin Hill, August 1940.

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Fuselage and wings of Kittyhawk NZ3125, from No. 4 Operational Training Unit, on trucks after being salvaged from near Fielding. RNZAF Station Ohakea.
This aircraft, piloted by Sergeant JR Penn, suffered engine trouble and force-landed near Fielding two days earlier.
Coles crane MT2274 (front) and GMC truck MT2156 (behind).


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