Re: C-87 Liberator Express
Sat Oct 29, 2016 3:54 pm
Thanks everybody for the help. I am hoping to put together and airfield equipment section for the site and this will help greatly.
Re: C-87 Liberator Express
Sun Oct 30, 2016 9:17 pm
Good luck with that...as we've seen ID'ing trucks makes telling the difference between a 51D from a K look easy. 
Re: C-87 Liberator Express
Thu Nov 03, 2016 9:05 am
JohnB wrote:Good luck with that...as we've seen ID'ing trucks makes telling the difference between a 51D from a K look easy.
No kidding
Re: Airfield Equipment
Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:13 am
B-25J Mitchellss of the 500th BS at Clark Field during 1945 (Source: Jack Cook Collection)
Anybody know the ID of the truck?
Re: Airfield Equipment
Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:21 am
The truck is a Chevrolet M6 Bomb Truck, standard USAAF bomb truck from WWII. Note the passenger seats under the bomb loading rail. The trailer it is pulling is an M5 bomb trailer, manufactured by Saginaw Steering Gear of Michigan and one other company I can't remember at this moment.
Re: Airfield Equipment
Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:25 am
Forgotten Field wrote:The truck is a Chevrolet M6 Bomb Truck, standard USAAF bomb truck from WWII. Note the passenger seats under the bomb loading rail. The trailer it is pulling is an M5 bomb trailer, manufactured by Saginaw Steering Gear of Michigan and one other company I can't remember at this moment.
Thanks FF!
Re: Airfield Equipment
Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:02 pm
Re: Airfield Equipment
Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:21 pm
These tractors seem to be modified jeeps. I will assume someone here knows the name of these vehicles?
Re: Airfield Equipment
Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:51 pm
Scott,
The bomb truck with the Lockheed PV(?) is a Ford GTB. The trailer it is loading is an Anthony (manufacturer) Mark II bomb trailer. The GTB was the USN's standard bomb truck in WWII. The GTB shown below is the one which lives at my house (it is for sale).
The bomb truck with the Lockheed PV(?) is a Ford GTB. The trailer it is loading is an Anthony (manufacturer) Mark II bomb trailer. The GTB was the USN's standard bomb truck in WWII. The GTB shown below is the one which lives at my house (it is for sale).
Re: Airfield Equipment
Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:01 pm
Scott WRG Editor wrote:These tractors seem to be modified jeeps. I will assume someone here knows the name of these vehicles?
These are O.E. Szekely Jeep Jet Starter NC1-A APU's. They used them from about 1949 to the early 1960's. Szekely bought them from Willys as CJ-3A's and modified them at their factory. Dual steering rear wheels and a solid front axle. They could turn around in 7 feet.
I own one of about 6 known to exist. Here are some pics on my FB Album page.
https://www.facebook.com/jerry.oneill.507/media_set?set=a.10208283976169702.1073741945.1612480691&type=3
Jerry
Re: Airfield Equipment
Thu Dec 14, 2017 9:00 pm
Re: Airfield Equipment
Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:08 pm
Hey, I identify a truck and get a photo of a Hurricane. Scott, you are all right! Sorry, don't know what the truck is....
Re: Airfield Equipment
Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:24 am
Scott WRG Editor wrote:
C-87A-CF Liberator Express/41-24159/MSN 954
Can anybody identify the make and model of the fuel truck?
It's a oil truck, not a fuel truck.
Re: Airfield Equipment
Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:27 am
Does any body know how aviation oil was transported overseas?Quart cans,5 gallon cans,or barrels?
Re: Airfield Equipment
Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:33 am
Probably in a combination of barrels and by tanker. Oil Tankers would have worked for some areas that had the facilities to transfer the oil into barrels or other transports, but I'm sure that in the more advance areas, they used barrels exclusively much as they did with fuels since a barrel didn't need a dedicated tanker to move it.