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Stuart Kirkham 08-10-08 10:46

Originally posted in Ford/Marmon-Herrington SnoGo :

G'day Gordon

I found these in the AWM collection. Search under 'Airfield'

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...mykm/snow1.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...mmykm/snow.jpg

Hanno Spoelstra 08-10-08 13:01

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Originally Posted by Tommy K (Post 104478)
I found these in the AWM collection. Search under 'Airfield'

Excellent find! The picture on the left was featured in Wheels & Tracks magazine.

Like I said, some of these SnoGos were used on the airfields in Holland.

Hanno

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Summary: Holland. C. 1945-01. A new type of snowplough clearing the runway at an airfield in Holland so that Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft can take off for England with wounded personnel.


ID Number: SUK13669
Attachment 120101
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C278780


ID Number: SUK13670
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https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C278781

Hanno Spoelstra 20-12-08 15:31

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See http://yankeeairmuseum.org/restoration/snogo.shtml for a wartime picture taken on 2/12/44 at Willow Run. It was used in the 1944 SNOGO print ads. Reportedly, the on the right (#6) is the one now preserved at the Yankee Air Museum.

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Hanno Spoelstra 18-02-21 07:00

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One more found on the interweb (no details known):

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Hanno Spoelstra 01-03-21 22:07

U.S. Air Base in Goose Bay
 
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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra (Post 276872)
One more found on the interweb (no details known):

Got it:

"GOOSE BAY, LABRADOR,CANADA- DECEMBER 1942: A view of airfield snow blowing trucks clearing snow on the U.S. Air Base in Goose Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)"

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Source: https://www.militarytrader.com/mv-10...or-wwii-photos

Hanno Spoelstra 16-08-21 13:26

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945.
 
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"A snow-clearing vehicle sweeps the perimeter track at Waddington, Lincolnshire, to enable the night's raid, on Stuttgart, Germany, to take place. In the background, Avro Lancasters of No. 463 Squadron RAAF await their bomb-loads in an already-cleared dispersal.
Date: between 1942 and 1945"

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