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B-24s at ASC depot in England

When scores of B-24s began arriving at an ASC depot in England, all requiring the removal of their landing gear struts for a bearing race modification, mechanics were compelled to clamber on wooden platforms, propped under the wings, in order to remove the 630-pound struts by hand. To speed up this work, M/Sgt. Fred Covert of Corsicana, Texas designed a landing gear strut remover jack (shown here) which enabled two men to do the work of five - in less time and with greater safety.