Barksdale Field La.
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Barksdale Field La.
Barksdale Field La.
Photographer: Dmitri Kessel
Photographer: Dmitri Kessel
Mariano Paz
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Re: Barksdale Field La.
A mouth watering photo of the M-5 and the B-18 Bolo bomber. Note the beautiful Semi Gloss Yellow.
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Re: Barksdale Field La.
I believe those twin engine's are B-18 Bolo's....
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Re: Barksdale Field La.
Is this the guarding of the Norden bomb sight ???
Oh and check out the left-handed holsters......don't see those every day.
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Re: Barksdale Field La.
The picture is printed the wrong way round, the carryall fuel filler should be on the left side !
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Mariano Paz
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1967 M606
1952 M100
MEP CE-016-AC Hol-Gar Mfg.
1945 Willys MB
Buenos Aires,ARGENTINA
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Re: Barksdale Field La.
The good old days. My guest of honor in my Jeeps and CCKW when participating in Veterans Day Parades was Peter Marini, a B-18 Enlisted Pilot who flew submarine patrol missions from the Gulf of Mexico to Florida from 1942 thru 1945.
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Re: Barksdale Field La.
Here you go:
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They must be handling the bombsight, the Staff Sgt has been watching too many John Wayne movies, note the holster.
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Re: Barksdale Field La.
If it was green, buy it; if it has a star on it, own it!
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GREAT SHOTS!! Love the photos of the ground crews!!
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Re: Barksdale Field La.
Nice G-510 Pics.
Not the typical Ammunition Bunkers.
Not the typical Ammunition Bunkers.
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Now that was a great post here and amazing photographs here for sure!!
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If it was green, buy it; if it has a star on it, own it!
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https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-w4T ... 5-1920.mp4
First drive after 30 years...
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-82j ... P-1920.mp4
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-qFB ... M-1920.mp4
If it was green, buy it; if it has a star on it, own it!
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1941 Dodge WC-11
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1941 Dodge WD-21 Panel
1941 Chevrolet US Navy Recruitment Services
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1942 Chevrolet Staff Car
1941 Autocar U-5044-T
1942 Chevrolet K51
1941 Dodge WC-11
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1941 Dodge WD-21 Panel
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