Patches

[Subdeacon Joe]

The first photo provides insight into their meticulous process, showcasing how they would design and create patches to repair damaged aircraft. These patches were essential for ensuring that aircraft could return to combat operations swiftly, highlighting the ingenuity and dedication of the maintenance crews who played a vital yet often overlooked role in the war effort. 

In the second photo, you can see ground personnel, specifically skilled sheet metal mechanics, hard at work repairing bullet impacts on a Chance Vought F4U Corsair at Bougainville Airfield in the Solomon Islands, circa 1944. This scene captures a critical aspect of the Pacific Front during World War II, where maintaining aircraft readiness was paramount.

#WWIIHistory #F4UCorsair #PacificFront #AviationMaintenance #Bougainville #SheetMetalMechanics #scalemodel

 

 

 

 

[Eyesa Horg]

The mechanic in the second picture appears to be confused on what a "regular circular shape" is however. looks pretty square to me.

[Pat Riot]

It looks like that Airman is using a dolly to flatten the metal. Maybe?

[Eyesa Horg]

4 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:

It looks like that Airman is using a dolly to flatten the metal. Maybe?

Possible, I looked at as riveting on a square patch due to all the holes drilled around the edge. 

[Pat Riot]

5 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said:

Possible, I looked at as riveting on a square patch due to all the holes drilled around the edge. 

Wouldn’t someone have to be inside holding a riveting anvil or dolly?

[Eyesa Horg]

Would sure think so! How come we never here hear about Rosie's anvil holder?

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

When B-29s were bombing Japan, Vladivostok in the USSR was an emergency landing site. Crew and aircraft would be interned because USSR was neutral in the war with Japan. The plane would never be seen again and was sent to be copied.  The copies were designated Tupelov TU-4. The copies were so exact that they included such a patch.

[John Kloehr]

1 hour ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

When B-29s were bombing Japan, Vladivostok in the USSR was an emergency landing site. Crew and aircraft would be interned because USSR was neutral in the war with Japan. The plane would never be seen again and was sent to be copied.  The copies were designated Tupelov TU-4. The copies were so exact that they included such a patch.

Not sure it was Russia, but there was a plane copied down the the dent on the bottom of the nose cone from crash-landing.

[Utah Bob #35998]

2 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:

Would sure think so! How come we never here hear about Rosie's anvil holder?

 

[Sedalia Dave]

4 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

 

 

Grandma, Is that you holding the bucking bar?

 

 Speak up I can see your lips moving but can’t hear what you’re saying. 

[Eyesa Horg]

Those are great Bob,thanks!

[watab kid]

3 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

When B-29s were bombing Japan, Vladivostok in the USSR was an emergency landing site. Crew and aircraft would be interned because USSR was neutral in the war with Japan. The plane would never be seen again and was sent to be copied.  The copies were designated Tupelov TU-4. The copies were so exact that they included such a patch.

yup , copied complete , too bad we didnt have other places to land [limp to] a lot never made it back , 

[Alpo]

2 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:

Is that you holding the bucking bar

Somebody else that knows what a bucking bar is.