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360th Fighter Squadron pilot 2nd Lt. J. H. Williams chases a Bf 109 off the tail of a fellow P-47 pilot and shoots it down with an impressive deflection burst on August 4th in 1944
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Ground crew on a P-61B in Hawaii, likely 1945.
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Shrapnel from flak hit the plexiglas nose of this unidentified B-29 during a mission to Japan.
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Being lifted by a Brockway C-666 crane following a crash on West Field, Tinian, in May 1945, is this B-29 of the 792nd BS/468th BG, part of the 58th BW.
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On 3 August 1944, 23 B-24Js attacked the Yochow rail yards. They bombed from 16,000ft and put 90% of their bombs into the target area. Despite an escort of P-40s, a dozen Ki-43s attacked the lead squadron. One Ki-43 was shot down. These seven B-24s can be seen on the mission.
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A specialized radar/radio interception He 111 (we would call it a snooper or a ferret) of Sonderkommando Rastedter destroyed by allied bombing of their airfield at Bordeaux 5th January 1944. This plane has at least three extra antenna. More details in the 1st comment.
15:19 UTC
Improved Short Stirling Mk III, OJ-T, belonging to No 149 Sqn RAF, seen here at RAF Mildenhall in 1943.
15:18 UTC
The fan in the large wind tunnel at the Deutschen Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt (DVL/German Aviation Research Institute) in Berlin-Adlershof. To generate the air flow needed, a huge propeller with a diameter of 8.5 metres is driven by a 2,700hp electric motor. October 1935
14:23 UTC
Feldwebel Kurt Gren in a IV(Sturmjäger)./JG 3 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 scores his 22nd and penultimate victory downing a B-24 over Hungary on August 22nd 1944
13:11 UTC
P-47 Thunderbolt
09:09 UTC
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-774-0013-06, Produktion von Heinkel He 111
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WASP pilot Gertrude 'Tommy' Tompkins Silver disappeared on 26 October 1944 whilst on a ferrying mission from Los Angeles, California, in a North American P-51D Mustang, destined for the East Coast. No trace of her or her aeroplane have been found.
08:20 UTC
**A Handley Page Halifax** Mark II of No. 148 (Special Duties) Squadron RAF dropping parachute canisters of supplies for the Yugoslav National Liberation Army
08:17 UTC
First (five minute) test flight of the North American Aviation Mustang XP-51 (NA-73X, civil registration NX19998) at Mines Field, Los Angeles by pilot Vance Breese, 26 October 1940
07:03 UTC
Short Stirling Mk III of No 15 Squadron RAF Bomber Command.
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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina on a beach on Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 13 March 1945
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A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-9 from the USS Essex (CV-9) in flight during February 1944. Three victory flags are visible beneath the cockpit
23:52 UTC
80 years ago today, the Battle off Samar. USS Kitkun Bay prepares her FM-2 Wildcats while in the distance, the USS White Plains is bracketed by surface gunfire
22:38 UTC
Really nice original color photo of B-17 "Puffin Hussy II"
19:50 UTC
The Grumman XTSF-1 (G66) was a late WW2 project to find a replacement for the Grumman TBF Avenger. Loosely based on a F7F Tiger but 'beefed up' for its torpedo bomber role. As with many projects of this era, it was dropped in favour of a jet option
19:24 UTC
B-17 "Idiot's Delight"
19:10 UTC
Locals recruited to serve as a counterweight on a Messerschmitt Bf 110 undergoing maintenance in North Africa in 1941
16:53 UTC
Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in formation over the Pacific, October 1943.
16:31 UTC
7. Staffel Jagdgeschwader 26 personnel sit with a row of Bf 109 E-7 fighters at Gela in Sicily in 1941 during their brief involvement in the air battle over Malta
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A force of B-17Es of the 97th Bomb Group taxi for a mission to France in late summer or early fall 1942. They are led by B-17E-BO (first block) 41-2578 "Butcher Shop" of the 340th BS/97th BG, which led twelve B-17Es on a mission to Rouen for the first B-17 mission to Europe.
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B-26C-45-MO 42-107735 "Flossie's Fury" of the 95th BS/17th BG had just bombed German artillery near Toulon on 20 August 1944 when it was set on fire after hit by flak in the bomb bay. Moments later, flak hit the right engine and blew it off, and the plane went into a spin, but two gunners survived.
14:06 UTC
P-51's on D-Day. Few Questions
Hello, I was thinking about picking up a scale model, specifically the 2024 Eduard Overlord: D-Day Mustangs. Included are 9 versions of the P-51B and 1 version of the P-51D. All of which have their own paint for each of a famous pilot.
Questions - did ALL P-51's that took part on D-Day have invasion stripes? Did all versions of the P-51 (B, C, and D) participate that day?
I want to make this model and would like to make it as it had participated on D-Day. Perhaps someone knows a specific pilot who flew that day that I could research. Any information would be great! Thanks
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Arado Ar 196 floatplanes in flight over the Mediterranean
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