Ouch!
Tue May 01, 2007 10:42 am
What type of aircraft is this? Looks a little unfamiliar to me.
Ryan
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Tue May 01, 2007 10:43 am
Douglas A-20 'Boston'/'Havoc'
Tue May 01, 2007 10:52 am
You know, that is what I though initially too but must be an early model or something, seems like it possibly has some Curtis Electric props, different canopy, just looks a little different than the A-20 to me? I am not all that familiar with the evolution of that type, mostly just the gun nosed versions. That was definitely my first instinct but couldn't convince myself.
Ryan
Ryan
G503
Tue May 01, 2007 11:06 am
Imagine all the people on G503 salivating over the F parts on that poor GPW...
Tue May 01, 2007 11:53 am
Maybe a Martin Maryland or a Baltimore?
Tue May 01, 2007 12:12 pm
Saabmeister,
I think it is a Bristol Beaufort judging by the canopy configuration. Some Beauforts were built with Pratt & Whitneys, and I believe the score is R1830-1, Jeep-0! (The photo I've posted shows the earlier Taurus powered aircraft with the external counterweight props, but you get the idea.)
Scott
I think it is a Bristol Beaufort judging by the canopy configuration. Some Beauforts were built with Pratt & Whitneys, and I believe the score is R1830-1, Jeep-0! (The photo I've posted shows the earlier Taurus powered aircraft with the external counterweight props, but you get the idea.)
Scott
Tue May 01, 2007 12:18 pm
Scott,
You are definitely right. I had thought Beaufort but didn't realize they ever had the Pratts.
thanks, Ryan
You are definitely right. I had thought Beaufort but didn't realize they ever had the Pratts.
thanks, Ryan
Tue May 01, 2007 12:26 pm
Oops, my bad! I saw a US engine and took the wrong turnoff. A Beaufort it is indeed!
Re: G503
Tue May 01, 2007 12:33 pm
Forgotten Field wrote:Imagine all the people on G503 salivating over the F parts on that poor GPW...
Good Observation! I was wondering how you knew it was a Ford, but then I spotted the toolbox lid.....
Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat
Tue May 01, 2007 1:26 pm
You ought to see me separate KC 97 and C54 parts...
Tue May 01, 2007 2:26 pm
RAAF Beaufort in New Guinea. Aussie Beauforts [some 700 made in Oz] were PW R-1830 powered [ also made in Oz by CAC] under licence] and had both Curtiss electric [fitted here] and Ham Std props.
Tue May 01, 2007 4:25 pm
hope it wasn't a general's jeep that bit the weiney!!!! he'd be bitching like crazy!!! 
Tue May 01, 2007 5:08 pm
....Generals do that, Tom...I think it's part of their job description! 
Beaufort
Wed May 02, 2007 5:24 am
I believe it's RAAF Beaufort A9-557, recovered from Tadji in PNG (pre Independance) by Ian Whitney and Monty Armstrong. It is now property of Aust War Memorial. See www.awm.gov.au/aboutus/conservation/beaufort/index.htm for photos.
I have climbed in it when it was shipped here to Auz.
Ian has copies of the accident from different angles. This is one I haven't seen.
Some of the details can be found in an old British magazine called "Control Column" Vol 10 No 3. Also shows some of the P40s they managed to recover.
I have climbed in it when it was shipped here to Auz.
Ian has copies of the accident from different angles. This is one I haven't seen.
Some of the details can be found in an old British magazine called "Control Column" Vol 10 No 3. Also shows some of the P40s they managed to recover.