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I found a really good one today.
Name the aircraft, weapon, date and location and air force. Enjoy

The aircraft looks like an SB2U Vindicator - I'm sure the rest of youy can fill in the blanks on this one.

Vultee Vengence, RAF; 1944/45 Burma at a guess .

Vultee Vengeance IV, 500 lbs GP Bombs, New Guinea, August 1943. I'm guessing this is a member of No. 24 Sqn RAAF, where they flew missions in Support of the Australian Army and USMC until March of 1944.

I'd say that the roundel is the wrong proportion and colour to be RAAF.  Although it's sometime difficult to tell it looks far more like the inner circle is light blue, so I'd say it was either an RAF or Indian squadron.  From there, a little research leads me to 7 Sqn IAF Vengeance in during the battle of Kohima.

All those bombs cannot be for that one plane can it? [X(]

ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

All those bombs cannot be for that one plane can it? [X(]

Well, have you ever seen an Indian train? [:D]

ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

All those bombs cannot be for that one plane can it? [X(]

No, they would hook them onto a tractor like seen and drag them down the line of planes and arm them. It was a lot quicker and a hell of a lot safer than carrying them by hand. In the ETO they had specialized tractors and lifters that could haul thousands of pounds of bombs at a time to arm planes like the B-17 and B-24.
Even from this tiny little window into the war you can see the amount of effort it takes to keep a squadron of planes going. All of the ammo and bombs, avgas, spare parts and then support for the pilots and support for the ground crews too. And most of them this had to be shipped in by cargo ship or brought over some very rough and muddy roads where the weather was really bad. It truly was a war of logistics.

ORIGINAL: Shark7

Vultee Vengeance IV, 500 lbs GP Bombs, New Guinea, August 1943. I'm guessing this is a member of No. 24 Sqn RAAF, where they flew missions in Support of the Australian Army and USMC until March of 1944.

Aussies wearing Pith Helmets??? They wouldn't be seen dead in them!!! [:D]

A tractor and bomb trolleys... in New Guinea??? [&:] [&:] What decadence. [;)]


Here is the real No.24 Squadron RAAF at work loading up Vengeance aircraft....

Image copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
ID number: OG0696
Photographer: Harrison, John Thomas
Object type: Black & white
Physical description: Black & white
Collection: Photograph
Description: NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-02. BARE TO THE WAIST, ARMOURERS FROM NO. 24 (VULTEE VENGEANCE) SQUADRON RAAF, ROLLING OUT 500LB BOMBS FROM A JUNGLE DUMP, PREPARATORY TO LOADING THEM ON AIRCRAFT.

Permalink: http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/OG0696

"logistics? We got logistics coming out of our ears"

ORIGINAL: Dixie

I'd say that the roundel is the wrong proportion and colour to be RAAF.  Although it's sometime difficult to tell it looks far more like the inner circle is light blue, so I'd say it was either an RAF or Indian squadron.  From there, a little research leads me to 7 Sqn IAF Vengeance in during the battle of Kohima.

This photo would have taken me a while. It shows Sgt Das Gupta and Aircraft Enshain with a trailer load of cookies for the Japanese besieging Kohima:

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Histo ... Burma.html

ORIGINAL: redcoat

ORIGINAL: Dixie

I'd say that the roundel is the wrong proportion and colour to be RAAF.  Although it's sometime difficult to tell it looks far more like the inner circle is light blue, so I'd say it was either an RAF or Indian squadron.  From there, a little research leads me to 7 Sqn IAF Vengeance in during the battle of Kohima.

This photo would have taken me a while. It shows Sgt Das Gupta and Aircraft Enshain with a trailer load of cookies for the Japanese besieging Kohima:

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Histo ... Burma.html

Guess that they have a different view of what a cookie is...



4,000lbs was a cookie. Just a wee bit bigger than the 500lb ones on that trolley [:D]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

I'd say that the roundel is the wrong proportion and colour to be RAAF.  Although it's sometime difficult to tell it looks far more like the inner circle is light blue, so I'd say it was either an RAF or Indian squadron.  From there, a little research leads me to 7 Sqn IAF Vengeance in during the battle of Kohima.

Yes, my caption reads 7 Sqd IAF Vengeance loading 110 KG bombs before a strike against the Japanese at Kohima.