Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[obvert]

Barracuda for sure. Ugly things.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: obvert

Barracuda for sure. Ugly things.

Yes, you are right. 4 blade prop. High mounted tail. Ugly wing folding system with special drying racks to make dried apricots or something.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: sprior

So this is where those spare planes are

Definitely NOT Cleveland. Too picturesque.

The eaves have huge overhangs and many roofs are very steeply pitched and there are quite a few very oddly designed two story houses with 15x15 ft first floors.

NOT the US. It must rain or snow like Hell there. Probably Southern NZ somewhere.

Brett's Wharf, Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
According to one source, the high buildings at top left are the stands at Ascot Racecourse (now Eagle Farm Racecourse).

Another source said that (at least some of) the aircraft were P-40s waiting for reassembly*, while others were aircraft for aircraft carriers (c. 1943)

*i don't think this is correct (i think they misidentified the Barracudas), but that is what the second source said.

[Cap Mandrake]

Sure, but what is the bar maiden...err...I mean bar maid's name?

[Cap Mandrake]

Why are the lot sizes so freaking small in Brisbane? It's a big country.

[Cap Mandrake]

Well, that was fun. We need a new mystery picture. [:)]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Why are the lot sizes so freaking small in Brisbane? It's a big country.

HOA rules.

[BBfanboy]

-40

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

No, I take it back. I think those are flying greenhouses in back with wings folded.

Fulmars. Not sure why they have 4 blade props.

The FAA version of the Spitfire - the Seafire - was given a 4 blade prop to get extra acceleration and wind over the wings on take-off.
I don't think the overall performance of the Seafire was better than the Spitfire because of the heavier landing gear and arrester hook,
but clearly the extra lift to get off a short deck was a priority.

I am not aware of any US-built army fighters that used a four-blade prop so I figure that rules out any P-39/P-40 variants.

[rtrapasso]

I am not aware of any US-built army fighters that used a four-blade prop so I figure that rules out any P-39/P-40 variants.

Agree that the planes in the pic weren't P-39 or P-40s.

P-47D had 4-blade prop (as did the F4U4 Corsair, but that was not an Army plane). The planes with 4-blade prop in photo aren't P-47s, though.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

I am not aware of any US-built army fighters that used a four-blade prop so I figure that rules out any P-39/P-40 variants.

Agree that the planes in the pic weren't P-39 or P-40s.

P-47D had 4-blade prop (as did the F4U4 Corsair, but that was not an Army plane). The planes with 4-blade prop in photo aren't P-47s, though.

That settles it, then. They're alien craft piloted by time-traveling cats with laser beams.

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: sprior

So this is where those spare planes are

Brett's Wharf, Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
According to one source, the high buildings at top left are the stands at Ascot Racecourse (now Eagle Farm Racecourse).

Dang!! I knew those houses were Queenslanders (a very distinctive architectural style) but I thought the pic might have been taken in NZ as they are very similar.

Hamilton is near Eagle Farm Racecourse (a military airfield during the war) so that caption sounds plausible.

Bretts Wharf these days has been developed into a complex of waterfront condominiums worth a gazillion dollars each. I wonder if the current owners are aware of how rough the area used to be?

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Why are the lot sizes so freaking small in Brisbane? It's a big country.

Working class district and one of the oldest parts of town (near the docks). Not everyone lives on sheep stations..... [:-]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Looks like Martlett II's in front and some kind of export P-40 with the wings off in back.

Totally the wrong undercarriage for a Martlett. They are Hellcat F Mk.II (F6F-5). Note also the Corsairs with the upward folding wings on the far side.

The other planes are Barracuda as I pointed out in post 15367. (Wow, "The Thread" has nothing on this one).

The British Fleet Air Arm had quite a presence in Australia with Mobile Naval Operating Air Bases (MONAB) in early 1945 during the buildup to Operation Olympic.

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Archerfield (HMS Nabsford) 
 
 RNAS Bankstown, NSW  (HMS Nabberley)(MONABII  (now Bankstown airport)
 
 Jervis bay, NSW  RAAF airstrip, satellite to Nowra (HMS Nabswick) 
 
 Maryborough RAAF station MONAB V (HMS Nabstock) 
 
 MONAB VI – HMS Nabstock, MARYBOROUGH, QLD 
 
 MONAB VII – HMS Nabreekie, MEEANDAH, Brisbane 
 
 Nowra RAAF station near Sydney, NSW (HMS Nabbington) MONAB I Mobile Naval Operating Air Bases [RAN primary aircraft shore base postwar, HMAS Albatross] 
 
 Schofields, NSW  (RAAF station, near Sydney, loaned to FAA as HMS Nabthorpe, MONAB III [HMS Nabstock postwar, then HMAS Nirimba]  ]

Sadly these aircraft are heading for this ignominious end: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=3377272

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I am not aware of any US-built army fighters that used a four-blade prop so I figure that rules out any P-39/P-40 variants.

The P-51 is a US-built army fighter with a four-blade prop.

[Itdepends]

Brisbane eh? Well Sprior got the rain like hell part right.

[sprior]

This is what the railings look like from the inside

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

This is what the railings look like from the inside

Ah, came back to slum with us serfs, eh?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

I am not aware of any US-built army fighters that used a four-blade prop so I figure that rules out any P-39/P-40 variants.

Agree that the planes in the pic weren't P-39 or P-40s.

P-47D had 4-blade prop (as did the F4U4 Corsair, but that was not an Army plane). The planes with 4-blade prop in photo aren't P-47s, though.

That settles it, then. They're alien craft piloted by time-traveling cats with "laser beams".

I put in the air quote there for you, Dr. Evil.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

This is what the railings look like from the inside

What sort of hardware is the bobby at far left packing?

ETA: Oops. I meant far right...[:D]

[Itdepends]

I have to admit Chickenboy- I read the description as "what the railings look like from behind and then got distracted by the filly on the left.

[Cap Mandrake]

*************3rd USMC Para Bn, Tokaro Retto, July 23, 1943(c)*************

Sgt. Bonebreak:..DAMNIT KOWALSKI! SHUT UP AND PAY ATTENTION! YOU ARE GOING TO NEED TO KNOW THIS! WE MIGHT BE ON KYYUSHU INSIDE OF 24 HRS!

OK...Bathroom?

Marines: BINJO!

Sgt. Bonebreak: GOOD! "Hand's up!"

Marines: HAND-AH UP-AH!

Sgt. Bonebreak: GOOD! "That's really funny"

Marines: THAT-AH REARRY FUNNY

Sgt. Bonebreak: GOOD! "Holy crap"

Marines: HORY CRAP...........

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy


What sort of hardware is the bobby at far left packing?

ETA: Oops. I meant far right...[:D]

No clue. Some kind of H&K?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Reg

Totally the wrong undercarriage for a Martlett. They are Hellcat F Mk.II (F6F-5). Note also the Corsairs with the upward folding wings on the far side.

The other planes are Barracuda as I pointed out in post 15367. (Wow, "The Thread" has nothing on this one).

Wow. You are right. Didn't see the Corsairs either. I guess we have to grudgingly admit you know what you are talking about. [:)]