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I love all these pictures. But I just wanted to represent for my profession. Line Service baby! In history forever.

These are B-25's NOT A-20 Havocs. Easy to spot difference is the tail assembly. B-25 has a twin tail. A-20 had a single tail. Note: The A-20 also had the nickname: Widow Maker

"Widow Maker" was a nickname for the Martin B-26 Marauder: www.flickr.com/photos/hawk914/533638778/ When introduced the B-26 had a comparatively high accident rate. Those who flew it noted that early models had a problem with runaway propellers (constant speed props failing to flat pitch at takeoff): www.b26.com/page/shop_talk.htm

I suspect there have been several aircraft called "widow maker" over the years :) Thankfully, my father survived the A-20 quite well :) I do think that the term Widow Maker might have been applied to the night fighter version of the A-20, or perhaps its successor. One was IIRC the P-60, the other the P-71 and I can never remember which was which.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called North American B-25 Mitchells, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group. These are B-25C on the North American Company line.

this is a great photo, please add it to our group AROUND AUSTRALIA www.flickr.com/groups/australianlandscapes/

Archerfield Airport is a Leased Federal Airport located in Archerfield, 12 km (7.5 mi) to the south of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3] For some time it was the primary airport in Brisbane. During World War II it was used as a Royal Australian Air Force station. Airport traffic peaked in the 1980s. In December 2010, a development plan was released for public comment which included a new parallel runway.[4] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archerfield_Airport

Stinson Crash Site A plaque commemorates the Stinson Air Crash of 1937 and remembers the Stinson as a pathfinder of Australian aviation. On 19th February 1937 Australia was shocked to hear that a Stinson airliner was reported missing on a flight from Brisbane. Bernard O`Reilly of Lamington Plateau decided to search the area where the flight path of the Stinson crossed the McPherson Range. He left the Guesthouse and followed the rugged McPherson Range to the west. He climbed Mt Throakban and sighted a tree 8 kilometers away that appeared to have been burnt. Three hours later a coo-ee startled him and he came upon the crash site to find two men, John Proud and Joe Binstead, still alive after 10 days. Four people died in the crash, including the Flying Officer Beverley Shepherd who was the co-pilot, but he was told of another man Jim Westrey had survived and gone for help. Bernard left the two men at the wreck to seek assistance and as he walked down Christmas Creek he found Westrey`s body. He had died as a result of a fall over a waterfall. Bernard returned with a party including a doctor while local farmers cut 16 kilometers of tracks through the rainforest of Lamington Plateau to rescue the two survivors. Source: www.monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/disaster/aviation/dis...

Based on some research it looks like most of the images of the CAP aircaft are Stinson 10A models. (see this google image search: images.google.co.uk/images?q=Stinson+10A&oe=utf-8&... )