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In 1944, A. Kartveli, chief designer of the P-47 Thunderbolt began designs to turn it into a jet powered fighter taking advantage of the large fuselage of the P-47. The Jug proved to be too large in fact in its cross section so, Kartveli designed a thinner body that would become the F-84 Thunderjet.
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Hawker Hurricane The Workhorse of The RAF
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A Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 V1 Drache (D-OCEB) was flown to a record height of 23,294 ft on 28 October 1940
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Dornier Do 335A-12 'Pfiel' (Arrow) captured by the USAAF and being examined by American service personel at Oberpfaffenhofen, before it was transferred to the RAF and flown to England by Sqn Leader McCarthy. Just when you thought a P-47 was big ;)
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Captured Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. The P-47 was lost on a ferry mission when the pilot, 2nd Leutenant Lloyd Hathcock, flew the correct distance but 180 degrees in the wrong direction; landing at Rome-Littorio on 29 May 1944, before the area had been captured by the Allies
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SM.79
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Sparrow Hawk) bombers were constructed of a welded tubular steel frame, covered with duralumin forward, duralumin and plywood over the top, and fabric elsewhere. The wings were made of wood. They first saw service with the Aviazione Legionaria units serving in the Spanish Civil War, where over 100 of these bombers assisted Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces mainly in Catalonia. By the time Italy entered WW2, SM.79 bombers were the backbone of the Italian bomber force. They were used in France, Greece, Yugoslavia, Crete, Malta, Gibraltar, Palestine, and North Africa. They were responsible for sinking 86 Allied ships totaling 708,000 tons. After the Italian surrender, 34 SM.79 bombers served with the pro-Allies government and 36 served with the pro-Axis government in the north
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Curious to know the origins and lore about US nose art + livery becoming very expressive, personalized, and flashy while other fractions kept their planes modest throughout the war.
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What's your favourite wwii airplane and why?
Ta-152 is my favourite
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Lockheed P-38M "Night Lightning". A twin-seat night fighter night fighter variant of the P-38 fitted with AN/APS-6 radar, designed in late WWII [1637X1000]
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning, One of America's Most Unique WWII Warplanes [VIDEO]
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Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch" of the Spanish Ejército del Aire (photo taken on June 13th 2019)
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Military recognition poster for the Curtiss C-46 Commando (Navy designation R5C)
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Curtiss C-76 Caravan transport planes at the Curtiss-Wright St. Louis plant in 1943. A Curtiss AT-9A Jeep trainer (s/n 42-57068) is in the foreground.
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The Fletcher CQ-1 drone control aircraft derivative of the FBT-2 prototype trainer.
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The sole example of the Fletcher FBT-2 trainer (civil registration NX28368)
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German personnel inspect the remains of 48th Fighter Squadron P-38F Lightning "Tangerine" shot down over Tunisia on December 28th 1942
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Hell's Angels was the first B-17 to complete the 25 missions on May 13th, 1942 so why is Memphis Belle the most famous B-17 to complete the 25 missions?
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A ground crewman of the 322nd Bomb Group cleans the nose guns on a B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Waste O' Time II".
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For those of you that have watched the TV series Masters of Air, what's your opinion on it? I am watching it second time around.
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Spitfire IIA and IIB Pilot's Notes scanned
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Canadian Car and Foundry FDB-1 or Gregor FDB-1. A fighter biplane produced in Canada prior to WW2, despite good performance the era of the biplanes was over. The only unit made failed to create interest and was lost in a fire in 1945 at an airport in Quebec.
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The Disastrous Messerschmitt Me 210
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Looking for some photos inside and around the forward entrance hatch of a b17f if anyone can point me to some?
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Fiat CR.42 "Falco" at RAF Museum Hendon (photo taken on June 20th 2019)
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B-26 Marauder makes a low pass over a Sardinian airfield in early 1944
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Junkers Ju 88 preparing for a mission over Cyrenaica in the Summer of 1942
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