RAAF Liberator bombing up

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Cheers

Dave Kearton

G'day Dave

This Liberator (B-24J) belongs to No. 24 (B) Squadron, R.A.A.F. It operated
the type from June 1944 through to the end of the war in the Southwest
Pacifica area.

Cheers...Chris

G'day Dave

This Liberator (B-24J) belongs to No. 24 (B) Squadron, R.A.A.F. It operated
the type from June 1944 through to the end of the war in the Southwest
Pacifica area.

Cheers...Chris

C Charland wrote:
G'day Dave

This Liberator (B-24J) belongs to No. 24 (B) Squadron, R.A.A.F. It
operated the type from June 1944 through to the end of the war in the
Southwest Pacifica area.

Cheers...Chris


G'day Chris,




Yep, my father was in 24 Squadron from the late '50s. All the RAAF
Vultee Vengeance squadrons upgraded to B-24s around '44, talk about a
culture shock.

24 Squadron started with Wirraways at the beginning of the war, then went
through Aircobras, Spitfires, Vengeances, B-24s & post war onto P-51s and
worked with Canberras until about 1960.

When I was in Darwin for a short while in '87 I found a slab of B-24
fuselage side in a local museum's junkyard. It didn't have much to
identify it, beyond the GR.




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Cheers

Dave Kearton

C Charland wrote:
G'day Dave

This Liberator (B-24J) belongs to No. 24 (B) Squadron, R.A.A.F. It
operated the type from June 1944 through to the end of the war in the
Southwest Pacifica area.

Cheers...Chris


G'day Chris,




Yep, my father was in 24 Squadron from the late '50s. All the RAAF
Vultee Vengeance squadrons upgraded to B-24s around '44, talk about a
culture shock.

24 Squadron started with Wirraways at the beginning of the war, then went
through Aircobras, Spitfires, Vengeances, B-24s & post war onto P-51s and
worked with Canberras until about 1960.

When I was in Darwin for a short while in '87 I found a slab of B-24
fuselage side in a local museum's junkyard. It didn't have much to
identify it, beyond the GR.




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Cheers

Dave Kearton

"Dave Kearton" wrote in
:

(snerp)

Yep, my father was in 24 Squadron from the late '50s. All the
RAAF Vultee Vengeance squadrons upgraded to B-24s around '44, talk
about a culture shock.

Back in the 1980s or early '90s, there was a USAF Reserve unit (mighta been
ANG...) that transitioned from the A-37 to the C-5. Only a couple extra
engines, shouldn't have been all ~that~ much trouble...

"Dave Kearton" wrote in
:

(snerp)

Yep, my father was in 24 Squadron from the late '50s. All the
RAAF Vultee Vengeance squadrons upgraded to B-24s around '44, talk
about a culture shock.

Back in the 1980s or early '90s, there was a USAF Reserve unit (mighta been
ANG...) that transitioned from the A-37 to the C-5. Only a couple extra
engines, shouldn't have been all ~that~ much trouble...

Bob Harrington wrote:
"Dave Kearton" wrote in
:

(snerp)

Yep, my father was in 24 Squadron from the late '50s. All the
RAAF Vultee Vengeance squadrons upgraded to B-24s around '44, talk
about a culture shock.

Back in the 1980s or early '90s, there was a USAF Reserve unit
(mighta been ANG...) that transitioned from the A-37 to the C-5.
Only a couple extra engines, shouldn't have been all ~that~ much
trouble...



.....until you try a few loops and rolls, the odd Immelmann or two.



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Cheers

Dave Kearton

Bob Harrington wrote:
"Dave Kearton" wrote in
:

(snerp)

Yep, my father was in 24 Squadron from the late '50s. All the
RAAF Vultee Vengeance squadrons upgraded to B-24s around '44, talk
about a culture shock.

Back in the 1980s or early '90s, there was a USAF Reserve unit
(mighta been ANG...) that transitioned from the A-37 to the C-5.
Only a couple extra engines, shouldn't have been all ~that~ much
trouble...



.....until you try a few loops and rolls, the odd Immelmann or two.



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Cheers

Dave Kearton

"Dave Kearton" wrote:

Yep, my father was in 24 Squadron from the late '50s. All the RAAF
Vultee Vengeance squadrons upgraded to B-24s around '44, talk about a
culture shock.

Was it really that hard to learn to fly on the right side of the sky?

--Bill Thompson