"Bowser Boys"

These are the ground crew you seldom hear about, The “Bowser Boys”. By means of heavy six wheel tank trucks, the vital petrol is brought from supply dump and fed into the huge tanks of the bombers. These bowsers carry thousands of gallons and are always in demand for aeroplanes, which consume petrol at many gallons per hour. Sitting at the rear of truck, Cpl. J.H. Forget, 323 Viger St., Montreal. Near the propeller on top, LAC N.D. McCaskill, Gladstone, Man., on truck, LAC E.W. Eedy, 160 Elgin St., London, Ont.

21 Oct. 1943 - Courtesy CFJIC - PL 22138 / UK 5753