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A-26B Invader #43-22359 falls towards the ground after its port wing was blown off by flak over Velen in Germany on March 21st, 1945.
23:31 UTC
78th Fighter Group in Masters of the Air
An examination of the 78th FG and their appearance in Masters of the Air, part nine.
19:58 UTC
Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc Trop undergoing maintenance in Algeria in December 1943
18:31 UTC
Brig. Gen. Murray Woodbury of the 66th Fighter Wing in his P-47D Piccadilly Pete II, likely 1944
18:09 UTC
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (44-85778) 'Miss Angela'
11:21 UTC
Curtis’s P40 Warhawk
09:55 UTC
Crew with B-17 Flying Fortress “Hells Angels” of the 303rd Bombardment Group, 358th Bombardment Squadron
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B-24 Liberator "Boiler Maker II" crashed in Romania during operation Tidal Wave, later revamped by the Romanian Royal Air Force and destroyed by the Germans in June 1944.
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5x P-51s, 2x P-40s, B-25, Bearcat. Warbird Roundup 2024.
15:53 UTC
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1997-026-32A, Flugzeug Me 109, Wartung und Bewaffnung
20:31 UTC
Major General James "Jimmy" Doolittle at Maison Blanch Airport. Algeria, 1943 [1500X1184]
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B-17s used for low level ground attacks?
Recently I saw footage of B-17s being used for ground attacks during the Japanese invasion of Alaska, and this is my first time I've actually seen these long range strategic bombers being used for low level air support (Both low level bombing and the aircraft strafing targets with gunners apparently). That makes me wonder, has this kind of tactic been used elsewhere with these bombers, especially in other fronts?
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P-38
04:02 UTC
4 x .50 cals
Why did the B-29 front dorsal turret have four .50s and the other three had two? Did they ever try four in all four turrets?
01:29 UTC
Night Run - P51D
22:53 UTC
The USMC Aviator That Turned His Warbird Into an Ice Cream Machine!
An ice cream machine driven by a 2,000 hp 18-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial! How awesome is that?
22:24 UTC
Couldn't pass up this photo op...
The American Heritage Museum's P-40B was parked outside the tank shop to make space for an event. Volunteering at the museum has its perks.
22:14 UTC
B18 Bolo nose art.
22:03 UTC
Damaged tail of 504th BG, 24th BS B-29 #4 on Tinian, 1945
22:02 UTC
Boeing B-29-65-BW 44-69890 1000th Wichita built Superfortress
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