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[Poor Old Spike]

A-36 pilot Lt Jack Taylor 414 Sq RCAF. How that cable came to dig into his trailing edge is a mystery-

Hellcat, USS Randolph 1945

Hellcat, USS Suwannee 1945

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Spitfire

P-38 caught by Jap air raid, Mindoro, Philippines

P-38

P-47

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Wildcat 1945

Swedish

Avenger takeoff fail, USS Bataan

UK 1917

 

[Poor Old Spike]

PBY Catalina, Saudi Arabia.
Caption-"In 1960, Thomas Kendall, his family, and a photographer from Life magazine set off on a round the world pleasure trip in this Catalina.
On 22nd March they touched down in the Gulf of Aqaba.
The following day they were attacked with automatic gun fire from a headland nearby by local people who had mistaken them for Israeli commandos.
Mr Kendall and his secratary were injured. After interrogation in Jeddah they were all released"

B-25

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Avenger taxi accident

A-20 shot down, New Guinea

P-39 caught by Jap air raid, New Guinea

 

[Poor Old Spike]

"In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success"- Adm I. Yamamoto

A P-38 kills Yamamoto in April 1943

Yamamoto's shot-down Betty

Corsair battle damage, Guadalcanal

Early Wildcat test flight prewar

 

[Gnomey]

Nice stuff guys!

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Wildcat, Morocco

Dauntless, USS Lexington

P-47 landed in France with flak damage, pilot injured and being helped out

Another angle

Airacobra at Nome Alaska en route to Russians

 

[Poor Old Spike]

OKAY I've found out how to post pics without that resizing bar, I'll retro-fix all my previous ones in due course..
(But 800 pixels wide is still the forum limit so remember to hold CTRL and roll the mousewheel to enlarge them further if you like)
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Hellcat, Solomons

Helldiver, USS Bunker Hill

Avenger, USS Hornet

Coronado after losing wingtip float, 1943

Hellcat, USS Yorktown 1944

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Avenger

Oslo. Norway

Me109

He111

He111

Me109 in Nth Africa

Me109 in Stalingrad

 

[Airframes]

Good set of shots.

 

[Matt308]

Sure are. Keepem comin'!

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Wildcat fire, Guadalcanal

Flak damage

Flak blew out B-17 tail gunner, he became POW

B-24, Italy

 

[Poor Old Spike]

P-47 crashlanded with flak hit

Helldiver, USS Hancock

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent material POS, thank you for sharing sir!

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Kate?

Kate or Val?

Jake, Palawan, Philippines

Nell unserviceable decoy

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Mavis

Tony

Dinah?

Zero? at Tarawa

 

[Poor Old Spike]

Babs

Zero

Zero

Jill?

 

[Njaco]

Ok, what the hell is the boat tied to in this pic?????


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[Airframes]

I've heard about having your leg pulled, but .......