Gordon's pics : What are these ?

[Dave Kearton]

The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does
anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?



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Cheers

Dave Kearton

[Dave Kearton]

Dave Kearton wrote:
> The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does
> anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?



What kind of sad, no life ******* replies to his own posts .....



Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion.



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Cheers

Dave Kearton (should read Gordon's notes BEFORE posting)

[CWO4 Dave Mann]

Dave Kearton wrote:
> Dave Kearton wrote:
>> The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does
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> Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion.
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Now Dave .. ******* perhaps but low-life never.

Anyway, I'll opine they are fuel containers for a rocket engine.

Cheers,

Dave #2

[Lynn in StLou]

Dave Kearton wrote:
> Dave Kearton wrote:
>> The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does
>> anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?
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> What kind of sad, no life ******* replies to his own posts .....
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> Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion.
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Correct

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[Waldo Pepper]

They look different from their more common appearance as the blunt end
"always" mount a parachute for recovery after a drop.

Waldo.

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:31:13 +1030, "Dave Kearton"
> wrote:

>Dave Kearton wrote:
>> The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does
>> anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?
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>What kind of sad, no life ******* replies to his own posts .....
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>Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion.

[Blume, Alf]

"Waldo Pepper" > skrev i en meddelelse
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>>Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion.

But not for the Me-262 - more likely the Arado-234, Heinkel He-111Z, Me-323
ect . . .

[John Szalay]

"Dave Kearton" > wrote in news:Im2Dh.2211
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> The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does
> anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?
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Walter 109-500 RATO motors

http://orbat.com/site/andreas/Germany%202.htm

http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10326826&wwwflag=2
&imagepos=8


used on numerous german aircraft.

the smoke in second image is from one of those RATO units
on a Me-321

http://www.geocities.com/rcaf86/me321.html

also

www.waffenhq.de/flugzeuge/me321.html