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[Viking1066]

Junkers Ju 87R2 Picchiatelli RA 101 Gruppo 238Sa with Macchi Re.200 background Tirana Albania Mar 1941 the net

 

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WAVES aviation machinist's mates Inez Waits, Lucille H. Henderson, Mary Anne Gasser, Helen Adams and Leona Curry servicing an SNJ at NAS Jacksonville 1943 the net

 

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Friedrichshafen FF33H '695' at Angersee 1916 the net

 

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Replica Bereznyak-Isaev BI-1 [unmarked] the net

 

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WAVES working on the wing are Annia Marie Garman and Frances O. Culpepper; working on the fuselage are Audrey Anderson, Jane Carlisle, Betty Jo Visson, Mary Jane Boring and Clara R. Bumgarner NAS Jaclsonville 1943 the net

 

[Lucky13]

USS Yorktown CV-5....

 

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Definitely love the Duck!

 

[cammerjeff]

Ryan L-17A Navion (it will always be a NA product to my eyes) launching off CV-32 USS Leyte in 1950. Source Wiki

 

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Not named after our Carl Michael Bellman I suspect....
Carl Michael Bellman, 4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795, was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet,
and entertainer....

 

[Lucky13]

29th of September, 1945, three of the seven Maunsell Forts linked together in the Thames Estuary....

 

[Lucky13]

October 1945, three smiling recipients of the Victoria Cross.
Left to right: Naik Bhabbhagta Gurung of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles, Naik Gian Singh of the 15th Punjab Regiment and
Havildar Umrao Singh of the Indian Artillery....

 

[Lucky13]

Two time Victoria Cross recipient Charles Upham (NZ) entangled in barbed wire during a failed escape attempt from a
German POW camp. The photo was taken by the camp commandment, who declined to shoot him due to his military
record and persuasion from other POWs....

 

[Lucky13]

Kaitak airfield, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 132 Squadron. 'Big Wings' and 'Little Wings', Two Chinese boys who were adopted
by the squadron.

 

[MiTasol]

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Excellent shot of the retractable DF loop.

 

[Lucky13]

October 1941. A Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk of No. 3 Squadron RAAF.

 

[Viking1066]

Two time Victoria Cross recipient Charles Upham (NZ) entangled in barbed wire during a failed escape attempt from a
German POW camp. The photo was taken by the camp commandment, who declined to shoot him due to his military
record and persuasion from other POWs....
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Thank you Jan. This amazing gentleman had quite the story.

 

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Friedrichshafen FF33J '3033' class HFT 1918 the net

 

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Junkers Ju 87R2 Picchiatelli RA 101 Gruppo 208 Squadriglia "Red 7' Sicily 1941 the net

 

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WAVES Dorothy Knee and Genevieve Close air traffic controllers the net