/r/WWIIplanes
A place to share anything about anything flying in the last great war.
Welcome to r/WWIIplanes.
Most anything goes here as long as it's related to the subject of WWII aircraft. Videos and schematics of actual planes, to models, engines, weapons, paint schemes, sound effects, video games, history, pictures, stories...if it involves flight in WWII it's fair game
Things aren't too serious around here, just don't be a douche. There will be pictures of swastikas.
Apart from that: have fun , be interesting, submit content and spread the word about this subreddit if you know anyone who likes the subject.
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[Meta] Should we have a rule regarding colorized, upscaled, or otherwise modified images?
So, I'm a mod now. God help me.
A few weeks ago a bunch of people were up in arms because of a flood of images that had been run through an AI upscaler, and quite conspicuously so. We also sometimes see photos that have been either automatically colorized, or colorized badly by a human.
I personally dislike them -- besides looking bad, I often look to historical photos for reference material, and I don't want to see colors or details that were invented by a computer.
Should we have a rule that requires such images be watermarked, a rule that requires them be tagged, a rule that prohibits them entirely, or no rule at all (stay the course)? Should AI modified images be treated differently than human modified ones, and should colorized images be treated differently than other modifications?
(Note that I consider photos with period modification, e.g. for censorship or propaganda purposes, to be out of scope for any such rule).
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How B-24 bombers were mass-produced in WW II. From several factories and all varients approximately 18,500 were built, more than any other aircraft in the US arsenal.
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Fw190G-3 No.160057 was captured Gerbini Airfield Sicily in Sep 1943. It was painted in a striking white and red color scheme. Camouflage netting was to keep the Luftwaffe from destroying it.
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Henschel Hs 126 reconnaissance two-seater accompanied by a flight of early Messerschmitt Bf 109s
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Vickers Wellington. Wellington Mark IC, R1448 HA-L Akyem-Abuakwa, of No. 218 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Marham, Norfolk. R1448 was presented to the RAF by the Gold Coast Fund.
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Wellington IV Z1248 of No 305 (Ziemia Wielkopolska) Squadron, photographed during a visit to No 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Desford, Leicestershire, in late November 1942. A Tiger Moth is parked in the foreground.
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A jeep and motorcycle unloaded from a Horsa glider during a large-scale airborne forces exercise, 22 April 1944.
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Bathed in bright sunlight shining through the glass canopy of the He 111, the pilot of this bomber enjoys part of his in-flight rations during a long mission.
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Another view of the nose gun position in an He 111P. Notice the the reflections in the plexiglass panels above the gunner's right shoulder, a condition that greatly reduced visibility for the crew. This was corrected in later models.
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A B-25 #80 of the 77th Bomber Squadron, serving in the Aleutian Campaign . "Slug"?
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Photograph shows nose art on a B-24 bomber including bombs, representing missions flown , and nose art with a picture of a young woman removing her skirt or slip and the word "Jamaica?"
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A U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD-6 Dauntless from Marine scout/bombing squadron VMSB-231 Ace of Spades flying from Majuro Atoll in early 1944. The markings indicate 23 bombing missions having been flown by the aircraft. Note the mission markings and Ace of Spades insignia on the aircraft.
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PZL P-11c fighter from the 141st Fighter Squadron, assigned to the "Pomorze" army, abandoned at the airport in Toruń in a damaged condition (without an engine reducer)
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U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10) in formation over the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) on the day of strikes against Palau. The lead aircraft is flown by LCDR James D. Ramage. One of the last two SBD squadrons to operate from U.S. fleet carriers
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U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless of Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) in flight. This is a composite photograph of nine planes in flight, with the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) and a plane guard destroyer below. The original photo is dated 27 October 1941.
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Guadalcanal-Tulagi Operation, 1942: U.S. Navy LCP(L) and other landing craft maneuver near the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 24 July 1942, during preparations for the invasion of Guadalcanal and Tulagi. Note the Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless scout bombers on the carrier's flight deck.
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B-24M-5-CO Liberator s/n 44-41867 “Rangy Lil” of the 529th BS, 380th BG, 5th AF
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Flying Tigers - Kunming airport, China Ordnance Division soldiers and U.S. aircraft maintenance, 1942 [1778X1000]
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Messerschmitt Bf 110s of Zerstörergeschwader 76 flying low over their marine counterparts in the English Channel in 1941
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Yugoslavian Partisan Spitfire (352 Sqn RAF) 1945
17:13 UTC
Edward C. Outlaw, commander of Fighting Squadron 32 (VF-32), pictured in a Grumman F6F Hellcat displaying five kills. The photo was taken aboard the light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27) on 15 April 1944.
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Still from camera-gun film, showing cannon fire from 25 yards range striking the port engine and wing root of a Junkers Ju 88, intercepted over the Bay of Biscay by Flight Lieutenant J Singleton (pilot) and J W Haslam (radar operator), in a De Havilland Mosquito NF Mark II
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Luftwaffe night-fighter ace Helmut Vinke made the fatal mistake of flying in daylight on 26 February 1944. His Messerschmitt Bf 110G was caught at 1,000ft near Dunkirk by two Typhoons of No 198 Squadron and blasted out of the sky.
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An abandoned Henschel Hs 126B reconnaissance aircraft on an Austrian airfield in June 1945. The Hs was commonly used as an artillery observation aircraft early on in the war but by 1942 had been relegated to training and glider towing duties.
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Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXs of No. 73 Squadron RAF, undergo maintenance at Prkos, Yugoslavia.
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A Regia Aeronautica RE.2001 after a belly landing. Notice the missing parts.
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Two P-51D Mustangs at an English airfield in early 1944. The ground crew is fitting the second of two underwing fuel tanks, which allowed the Mustangs to escort American strategic bombers to their targets inside Germany, engage German fighters and return to their bases in England.
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