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[Poor Old Spike]

Stinson

Francis Chichester's DH Gipsy Moth overturned by a gale in the night while moored at Lord Howe Island, Tasman Sea. Minor damage was repaired and he flew on to Australia

But his luck ran out on a later flight while taking off from Katsura bay in Japan 1931 when he hit telephone wires strung across the harbour entrance. Plane was written off and he survived with broken bones. Japanese hospitality was overwhelming as he lay in the local hospital, a constant stream of shocked visitors filed past his bed bringing small gifts and sympathy..

Burnelli RB-2, 1924

As above

 

[Matt308]

Looks like the tail of the same Hellcat upside down. Is that what you mean?

 

[Airframes]

That Burnelli looked like it deserved to crash! It looks like a cross between a flying, old-fashioned caravan, and a huge, flying wardrobe!!

 

[Gnomey]

Very true Terry!

Good stuff!

 

[Njaco]

Looks like the tail of the same Hellcat upside down. Is that what you mean?

Wow! That looked like two planes to me. Umpf!

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Polish Wellington shot down in Holland

Bloch MB 152

Dutch Sea Fury

 

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Ilyushin IL-4

Russian

Sturmovik

Polikarpov I-15's

Polikarpov I-16

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Polikarpov I-16

Yak-1

Sturmovik

SB-2 in Finland

 

[Poor Old Spike]

P-39 recovery. Pilot forcelanded on frozen lake but broke through and drowned

LaGG-3

Sturmovik

Sturmovik

Mig-3

 

[Njaco]

This pic should be captioned "Courage Under Fire". Do you see 1.) What he is trying to do and 2.) What the hell he is stepping on?????

.

 

[Matt308]

Another Hellcat in trouble, which this time is about to receive a happier ending.

This photo shows the crash landing of F6F-3, Number 30 of Fighting Squadron Two (VF-2) aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6), into the carrier's port side 20mm gun gallery, 10 November 1943. The plane's ruptured belly fuel tank caused instant fire.

Lieutenant Walter L. Chewning, Jr., USNR, the Catapult Officer, is climbing up the plane's side to assist the pilot from the burning aircraft. The pilot, Ensign Byron M. Johnson, escaped without significant injury. USS Enterprise was then en route to support the Gilberts Operation.

 

[Poor Old Spike]

UK 1917

Australia

Flipped on ground by jet blast

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Rumpler

inside view

 

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[Poor Old Spike]

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Brit Harrier emergency landing on Spanish cargo ship

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Near miss?

Nah!

 

[Poor Old Spike]

No injuries

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Amelia Earhart's Electra at Ford Island (Pearl Harbor) after ground loop during takeoff

B-29, Iwo Jima 1045

Corsair

Devastator, Yorktown 1940

 

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