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P-38, Inspection
"P-38 major (1,000 hrs?) check up" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Inspecting a P-38. Ten or twelve mechanics do a 200-hour inspection on this twin-engine fighter, the only mass-produced twin-engine fighter in World War II. '[T]he P-38 will be forever…
Tags: Darkroom, Maintenance, Mechanics, P-38 Inspection, Soldier quote
Japanese Betty Bombers 23
"Oblique view over barbed wire fence - of one of the Jap Betty's. Mechanic standing on chair to reach engine nacelle - Aug 19 & 20 1945"
Tags: Air strips, Barb wire, Betty bombers, Crewman, Japanese envoy, Mechanics, Soldiers, Surrender, Uniforms
C-46, Refueling
"C-46 Refueling" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fueling. A soldier waits on his tanker as high octane fuel fills the plane's tanks. On their return from missions, planes were refueled immediately. Hill described the day: 'Rode down to the line with Baxter…
Tags: 17th Recon Sqdn, C-46 Fuel, Darkroom, Mechanics, Soldier quote, Tanker, Truck
C-46, Engine Service 2
"C-46 engine from a slide, Lingayen - Luzon"
Tags: C-46 Combat, Cargo, Eighteen-cylinder, Engine, Mechanics, Scaffold
C-46, Engine Service 1
"Mechanic checking 18 cylinder engine on a C-46" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Servicing a C-46. A mechanic inspects one of the eighteen-cylinder engines on a Combat Cargo squadron plane on the Lingayen air strip." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by…
Tags: 18 cylinders, Airstrip, C-46 Engine, Darkroom, Mechanics, Planes, Soldier quote
Binmaley, Line Crews
"The line crews (mechanics, etc.) of the 17th Tact. Recon Sqdn at the air strip at Lingayen in front of a B-25 J - with 14 guns firing forward for devastating strafing"
Tags: 17th Tact Recon, Air strip, B-25 J, Line crews, Lingayen, Mechanics, Uniforms
B-25, Packet Guns
"Packet guns on side of a 17th Tactical Recon Sqdn B-25"
B-25, Maintenance 3
"17th Recon Mechanics working on B-25's" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Servicing a B-25. A mechanic inspects one of the nine-cylinder engines on a bomber/strafer/photo reconnaissance plane of the 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron" ("Darkroom…
B-25, Maintenance 2
"17th Recon Mechanics working on B-25's
B-25, Maintenance 1
"B-25 undergoing maintenance. Propellers off - one cowling off - Mechanics all over - wearing helmets - So somewhere in jungle location. Pine trees (?) could be Okinawa - if so - 1945 - Print Emulsion up"
Tags: B-25's Helmets, Maintenance, Mechanics, Pine trees, Soldiers, Uniforms