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[Viking1066]

Romanian PZL P.11 on skids the net

 

[Viking1066]

ORP Baltyk (Z-1) leaving Gdynia to participate in Exercise Black Defender 26 the net

 

[Viking1066]

WASP the net

 

[SaparotRob]

WASP the net
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I think it's actually a Lycoming.

 

[Greg Boeser]

I think it's actually a Lycoming.

You go to the naughty step!

 

[fannum]

WASP the net
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Taylorcraft L-2A with early open cylinder cowl and muffler ... later fully cowled.

 

[MiTasol]

I think it's actually a Lycoming.

I am fairly sure it has Continental on the rocker hats and the exhaust location is the same as the A-50 engines.

 

[Lucky13]

Jane "Candy" Kendeigh, at 22-year-old and newly graduated....

I've got nothing to add....

 

[special ed]

Is that the eagle, ball & anchor of the corp? She seems to be the same one propping the plane in post 2623. Perhaps someone could do the enlargement magic on her hat & shoulder patch in post 2623. Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[Oliverlovesplanes]

Is this a B-17 or other?

 

[Wurger]

Is this a B-17 or other?


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IMHO it looks like the Douglas Skymaster.

 

[MiTasol]

Definitely a Douglas - C-47 or C-54.

 

[fannum]

I am fairly sure it has Continental on the rocker hats and the exhaust location is the same as the A-50 engines.

Lycoming O-145 65hp not used in T-craft L-2s, and had very different configuration.

 

[fannum]

Jane "Candy" Kendeigh, at 22-year-old and newly graduated....

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I've got nothing to add....

At 22 years old in March 1945, Ensign Jane Louise "Candy" Kendeigh became the first U.S. Navy flight nurse to land on an active battlefield, arriving at Iwo Jima to evacuate the wounded via R4D. Also served in the Marianas and Hawaii.

 

[MiTasol]

Continental A50 engine from Making sure you're not a bot!

 

[fannum]

Although women in the Soviet Air Force were most famous for combat roles like the 588th Night Bomber Regiment ("Night Witches"), the Soviet Air Force relied heavily on their distaff ferry pilots to transport aircraft from U.S. bases in Alaska to Soviet airfields in Siberia, then onward to front‑line units. This was part of the Alaska–Siberia (ALSIB) route, a critical supply line for American Lend‑Lease planes, (including most Bell P-39s and virtually all P-63s, none of which served with American units.)
While not combat missions, these flights were hazardous: pilots faced severe Arctic weather, long distances, unreliable navigation, and scarce facilities.

 

[SaparotRob]

Jiminy jillickers. Last time I try to be aviational.