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A Caterpillar D8 tracked tractor stands beside a wheeled carryall scraper during construction of the Iron Range wartime airfield complex on Cape York Peninsula. The machinery shown was essential for clearing, levelling and forming the long runways, taxiways and roads required for the Allied bomber base constructed by the U.S. Army's 46th Engineer General Service Regiment.
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U.S. Army wartime engineering photograph
U.S. Army, 46th Engineer General Service Regiment, 1942. Image reference A46-148B.
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-12.7860, 143.3040
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Iron Range Airfield construction area, near Lockhart River, Queensland
Photo year
1942
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Caterpillar D8 Tractor and Carryall at Iron Range, 1942
1942 • Iron Range Airfield construction area, near Lockhart River, Queensland
Discover the Caterpillar D8 Tractor and Carryall at Iron Range, 1942, used by the 46th Engineers to build a vital Allied airfield near Lockhart River,…
A Caterpillar D8 tracked tractor stands beside a wheeled carryall scraper during construction of the Iron Range wartime airfield complex on Cape York Peninsula. The machinery shown was essential for clearing, levelling and forming the long runways, taxiways and roads required for the Allied bomber base constructed by the U.S. Army's 46th Engineer General Service Regiment.
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