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Barksdale Field La.

Post by Luis » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:04 pm

Barksdale Field La.
Photographer: Dmitri Kessel

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Re: Barksdale Field La.

Post by Joe Gopan » Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:39 pm

A mouth watering photo of the M-5 and the B-18 Bolo bomber. Note the beautiful Semi Gloss Yellow.
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Post by thidisbogus » Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:11 pm

I believe those twin engine's are B-18 Bolo's....

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Re: Barksdale Field La.

Post by Joe Hinson » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:16 pm

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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.

Post by Nick Johns » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:05 am

The picture is printed the wrong way round, the carryall fuel filler should be on the left side !
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Re: Barksdale Field La.

Post by Luis » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:45 am

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Re: Barksdale Field La.

Post by Joe Gopan » Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:07 am

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.

Post by Goranwc51 » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:43 am

Here you go:
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Re: Barksdale Field La.

Post by Joe Gopan » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:51 am

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.

Post by Fleetmaster » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:32 pm

Nice to see a rare Autocar U5044T.

I am presently restoring mine.

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Re: Barksdale Field La.

Post by cco23i » Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:10 pm

GREAT SHOTS!! Love the photos of the ground crews!!

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Re: Barksdale Field La.

Post by Joe Gopan » Fri May 27, 2016 3:44 am

Nice G-510 Pics.
Not the typical Ammunition Bunkers.
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Re: Barksdale Field La.

Post by RedArrow2016 » Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:22 pm

Now that was a great post here and amazing photographs here for sure!!
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Re: Barksdale Field La.

Post by Fleetmaster » Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:26 pm

It took 6 years to restore this beauty...

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Re: Barksdale Field La.

Post by Fleetmaster » Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:39 pm

If it was green, buy it; if it has a star on it, own it!
1942 Chevrolet K51
1941 Dodge WC-11
1940 Dodge VF404
1941 Dodge WD-21 Panel
1941 Chevrolet US Navy Recruitment Services
1943 Chevrolet G7117 1 1/2 ton
1942 Chevrolet Staff Car
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