Airfix Aircraft 1/72 WWII USAAF 8th Air Force Bomber Resupply Set Kit

As US bomber operations began to take place at airfields all over Southern England from the summer of 1942, the vehicles used in servicing their Liberators and Flying Fortresses were slowly changing from the standard RAF support vehicles to specialized US Air Force equipment. From fuel trailers to bomb trolleys, Bedfords were quickly being replaced by Chevrolets. Autocar U-7144-T 4X4 tractor unit and F-1 fuel trailer. The U-7144-T was used extensively by the US military from 1942 onwards and was certainly found on most, if not all USAAF airfields in Britain, particularly in conjunction with the standard F-1 fuel trailer. With many aircraft requiring refueling on a daily basis, it was usual for each base to have numerous examples of the U-7144-T available at any one time.Chevrolet M6 bomb service truck. This utility 4X4 truck was capable of carrying a small number of bombs in its own right but was more commonly used in conjunction with the M5 bomb trailer. Indeed, it was capable of towi