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Hanno Spoelstra

30-08-21 11:05

Somebody will have to back up

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"Corsica, France. May 1944. Somebody will have to back up. Airmen of No. 451 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF, which is operating from a base at Poretta airfield in Corsica, find the narrow twisting roads of the new country a different proposition to the wide open space of the Western Desert."

Attachment 124377

Source: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C306943

Richard Farrant

30-08-21 11:57

Looks like their bumpers are locked together!

Tony Smith

30-08-21 12:12

I wonder if that explains the bandaged head on one of the bystanders?

The CMP has a RAF air recognition roundel on the roof, but what's on the Dodge?

David Dunlop

30-08-21 13:13

Any idea what the fitting on the rear midline of the CMP cab roof line is all about?

Looks like a pair of 10 inch vertical posts with a tube across the top. I initially though it was related to the roof hatch in some way but it appears to be well aft of the swing arc of the hatch.

David

Hanno Spoelstra

30-08-21 13:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Dunlop (Post 281576)

That is a sun compass mount, if I am not mistaken.

Lars R.

30-08-21 23:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony Smith (Post 281575)

I wonder if that explains the bandaged head on one of the bystanders?

The CMP has a RAF air recognition roundel on the roof, but what's on the Dodge?

Free French?

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