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    Short Stirling recovery in Holland.

    Seemingly the plane went down in a lake - the Netherlands had a lot more water inland then than now. The Germans probably did not want to spend the resources to get it.
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    AMERICAN BOMBER IDENTIFICATION HELP 1950's

    Bristol 167 or 168 - a British project.
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    Worst mass produced, monoplane, single-engine, single-seat, retractable undercarriage fighter of WW2?

    The real worst - however it did not make it in really large quantities due to the German invasion of France - has to be the Caudron C.714. The Finnish Ilmavuoimat received some and gave up on them, sos did the Polish suadrons that were given tho them in France after the invasion of Poland.
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    eBay Nose art (all nations)

    10559 B-29-60-BW 44-69727 apparently made it home and WFU
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    eBay Nose art (all nations)

    Here is the story of this B-29 : The Last Mission over Japan B29 named for the luvva mike
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    Stuka G2 Kanonenvogel pictures

    asisbiz always has some, also axis aircraft survivors sites and axis / luftwaffe sites. Here is one G2 in lithuania 1944. www.asisbiz.com/il2/Ju-87/10(Pz)SG3/images/Junkers-Ju-87G2-Stuka-10.(Pz)SG3-(S7+BT)-Lithuania-autumn-1944-01.jpg
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    B-29 vs Me264

    High wing load on the Me-264 (as seen when testing the V1) carried a host of problems in performance and handling abilities. This is the reason the Luftwaffe preferred the Ju-290. The Me-264 sahould have been refesigned, which in 43 was already a non-starter and led to the cancellation in 44...
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    VF-85 1945

    VF-85, formed in 1944 deployed on Shangri-La (CV38) with F6Fs. THey had additionally 6 F6F-5N's.
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