Random Willys of the day

I've been searching through the Australian War Memorial archives recently for info on my grandfathers war service and found a few Jeep pictures from the pacific that i thought were worth sharing
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Whoa, those are some cool shots!! I wonder what happened with the crushed Jeep under the plane.
 
From the AWM description:
'Tadji, New Guinea. 1945-01-21. A badly smashed Australian Army jeep under the tail of A9-557, a DAP Beaufort bomber aircraft operated by No 100 Squadron RAAF. This aircraft returned from a strike against Japanese positions at Wewak with one unexploded 40lb bomb loose in the bomb bay. In order not to shake it free on landing the pilot, Flight Lieutenant H J Fowler, decided to make a "flaps up" landing, only applying the brakes at the last possible moment. When he did however, only one wheel gripped slewing the aircraft into four jeeps parked on the edge of the runway and also crashing into the Air Transport Command office. Fortunately, despite the rough treatment, the bomb did not explode and strangely enough was found on the seat of one of the wrecked jeeps. One man, in one of the jeeps, was killed in the accident. (Donor S. Lightfoot)'

a couple more of the same incident
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2nd.gunman said:
From the AWM description:
'Tadji, New Guinea. 1945-01-21. A badly smashed Australian Army jeep under the tail of A9-557, a DAP Beaufort bomber aircraft operated by No 100 Squadron RAAF. This aircraft returned from a strike against Japanese positions at Wewak with one unexploded 40lb bomb loose in the bomb bay. In order not to shake it free on landing the pilot, Flight Lieutenant H J Fowler, decided to make a "flaps up" landing, only applying the brakes at the last possible moment. When he did however, only one wheel gripped slewing the aircraft into four jeeps parked on the edge of the runway and also crashing into the Air Transport Command office. Fortunately, despite the rough treatment, the bomb did not explode and strangely enough was found on the seat of one of the wrecked jeeps. One man, in one of the jeeps, was killed in the accident. (Donor S. Lightfoot)'

a couple more of the same incident
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Oh wow, that's a great story. Thanks for posting that up. :thumb:
 
Those are awesome I too gotta wonder how they managed to get a jeep stuck sideways under an plane
 
I parked next to this one at Jeeps on the Beach
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The guy drove it around the speedway to be part of the parade.
 
While at work today a guy pulled up in this next to our station! He said it was a CJ2A and his grandpa bought it new when he got home from the war. Cool willys for sure!!
 

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