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[MiTasol]

A colourised black and white I think given I have never seen exhaust stains and exhaust stacks that are that black.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

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Two U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5) fly past the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5),
during operations in the Coral Sea, circa in April 1942. The planes parked on the flight deck, in the foreground, are
Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat of Fighting Squadron 42 (VF-42)....

Source: Wikipedia

 

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Gerda Taro Paris 1935 – Fred Stein....

Source: Out of the Shadows - Gerda Taro, War Photographer - Flashbak

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

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[Vic Balshaw]

Good shots Jan. That (Wattisham) was my first base after training and it was when all those Firebirds were being chucked all over the sky. Amazing and happy days.

 

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TRANSAFRICA 1959 - three friends on a unique and life-altering experience - overland-europe

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

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TRANSAFRICA 1959 - three friends on a unique and life-altering experience - overland-europe

What a journey! Amazing stuff and great pics.

Nowadays it would be imposible, not only for the security reasons stated in the article but cos the sort of homemade repairs they did is nearly imposible in modern vehicles.

 

[Frog]

What a journey! Amazing stuff and great pics.

Nowadays it would be imposible, not only for the security reasons stated in the article but cos the sort of homemade repairs they did is nearly imposible in modern vehicles.

It can be done with a Renault 4L with lesser ambition :

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.facebook.com/4l.trophy.officiel/%3Flocale%3Dfr_FR&ved=2ahUKEwjR1IXHr76NAxWWVKQEHWI0PPoQFnoECEQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3HjCMSGI1vtr4bMiYLk3Im

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

It can be done with a Renault 4L with lesser ambition :

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.facebook.com/4l.trophy.officiel/%3Flocale%3Dfr_FR&ved=2ahUKEwjR1IXHr76NAxWWVKQEHWI0PPoQFnoECEQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3HjCMSGI1vtr4bMiYLk3Im

I read once about a couple of buddys that in the 80's drove a CV2 by the Sáhara and the Sahel and when they run out of fuel stuck some bananas bought from some touaregs down the carb and had enough power to reach the next village with a gas station.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I read once about a couple of buddys that in the 80's drove a CV2 by the Sáhara and the Sahel and when they run out of fuel stuck some bananas bought from some touaregs down the carb and had enough power to reach the next village with a gas station.

If you Google this it's quite a story you get but it would seem there are many versions.

How Bananas Saved A Citroën 2CV - Jalopnik

Today is the 25th anniversary of the last Citroën 2CV rolling off the line in Portugal, the last factory to make the legendary Tin Snail, which had been in production since 1948. To commemorate this anniversary, I want to talk about one of my favorite 2CV stories: the one with the crankcase full...

www.jalopnik.com

 

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First Empire: The Charge of the Scottish Infantry at the Battle of Waterloo by Giuseppe Rava....

 

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English Soldiers During Battle of Waterloo 18 June 1815 by Giuseppe Rava....

 

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Moore House, Yorktown, where Cornwallis signed the Capitulation, Wood and Gibson....

 

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They Scrambled up the Parapet and Went Over the Top, Pell Mell, Upon the British, or The Battle of Yorktown,
from 'Janice Meredith' by Paul Leicester Ford (1865-1902)....

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

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Guadalcanal....