WWII Jeep fans, this is for you..photos.

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Ft. Sheridan. March 1942


Ft. Sheridan. March 1942


Ft. Sheridan. March 1942


Ft. Sheridan. March 1942


Ft. Sheridan. March 1942


Ft. Sheridan. March 1942


Ft. Sheridan. March 1942

 

Jack Fowler, the pilot, made a series of sharp dives over the sea hoping to dislodge the bomb, but without success. Finally, he alerted the Tadji control tower that he was going to land without lowering the plane's flaps, so as not to shake the bomb free on landing, eliminating the braking mechanism and guaranteeing a faster, more perilous descent. The Beaufort landed smoothly, but travelling at 80 knots it soon ran out of runway. Fowler slewed the plane to the left, taking the Beaufort onto an access road leading to a workshop where two jeeps were parked outside. When the aircraft's brakes failed, it careened over both jeeps and came to rest with the front fuselage hitting the workshop's overhanging roof. There was a momentary silence. The four-man crew waited for the bang; yet the bomb fell into one of the jeeps and somehow failed to explode. The crash killed a soldier in one of the jeeps, however, but the Beaufort crew walked away. The bomber itself was crushed, holed and disabled and later abandoned to the steamy PNG climate for almost 30 years. ​

Re: ww2 photos: wrecked aussie jeeps

by Escort » Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:18 am
Here are those pictures in bigger sise.

A badly smashed Australian Army jeep under the tail of A9-557, a Bristol Beaufort bomber aircraft operated by No 100 Squadron RAAF Tadji, New Guinea. 20 January 1945.


A badly smashed Australian Army jeep under the starboard engine of A9-557, a Bristol Beaufort bomber operated by No 100 Squadron RAAF. Tadji, New Guinea. 1945-01-20


A badly smashed Australian Army jeep under the tail of A9-557, a DAP Beaufort bomber aircraft. 1945-01-20

http://www.beaufortrestoration.com.au/Pages/RestorationChild/AWM_A9-557.html

 

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