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[Viking1066]

Working on Typhoon B JP387 at Hucclecote or Stoke Orchard 1943 the net

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Operating from RAF Thurleigh in Bedfordshire the 306th flew dangerous strategic bombing missions the net
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Never had seen such a com pattern

 

[Viking1066]

FAF 16 the net

 

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P-51D of the Swiss Air Force the net

 

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Interior of Avro Lancaster Mark.I of no.207 Sqd RAF with FO Burton Giles the net

 

[Viking1066]

SB20-1 assigned to VMF-1 and served as a utility aircraft.targettug and sauadron hack. The stripes on the rudder are Insignia Blue the net

 

[Viking1066]

TBF's (foreground), F6Fs (center) and SBDs warm up on the flight deck on the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in May/June of 1943 the net

 

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The B-24 Liberator '252534' the net

 

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S2U Kingfishers of Navy Scouting Squadron 44 flying convoy protection and anti-submarine patrols, Hato Field, Curaçao, Dutch West Indies 1942-1943 3 of 3 the net

 

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SB2C Helldivers off USS Lexington (CV 16) overfly the task force as they set course toward the Home Islands 1945 the net

 

[Viking1066]

SR21.13-B-14 over SanJoaguin Valley May 1939 second aircraft Section Fiveo f VB-3 the net

 

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Yokosuka 4 USS Barnes the net

 

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Three captured A6M5s from the 261st Ku being shipped to NAS North Island on the USS Copahee 1945 the net

 

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Pacific Leg of Voyage 3 USS Barnes the net

 

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[SaparotRob]

Three captured A6M5s from the 261st Ku being shipped to NAS North Island on the USS Copahee 1945 the net
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It would've been great if these made it to museums.

 

[Viking1066]

One did. National Air and Space Museum.

 

[Viking1066]

Planes of Fame Air Museum (Chino, CA): Displays and flies Zero tail number 61-120 (c/n 5357), built in May 1943. It is notably the world's only original, airworthy A6M5 Zero still powered by its authentic Nakajima Sakae 31 engine.

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (Washington, D.C.): Exhibits an A6M5 Zero (s/n 4340) painted and marked to represent the 261st Naval Air Corps (Tiger Corps). This airframe was evaluated by the U.S. Navy and Army Air Forces at Wright Field and Eglin Field following its capture on Saipan.

San Diego Air & Space Museum (San Diego, CA): Houses A6M5 Model 52 (Serial No. 2193, coded as TAIC 8), originally assigned to the 261st Kokutai with tail code 61-108 before being captured at Aslito Airfield.

 

[SaparotRob]

Planes of Fame Air Museum (Chino, CA): Displays and flies Zero tail number 61-120 (c/n 5357), built in May 1943. It is notably the world's only original, airworthy A6M5 Zero still powered by its authentic Nakajima Sakae 31 engine…..

I know. They left me alone in the hangar with it in '86. I touched its cowling. I haven't washed that fingertip since.
Don't tell GregP