Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Wurger]

 

[Wildcat]

Sight seeing amongst the wrecks of captured Japanese airfields.
Oscar - Lutong, Borneo - 1945

Lily. Labuan, Borneo - 1945

Jake? Labuan, Borneo - 1945

Betty. Buna, New Guinea - 1943

Sonia. But, New Guinea - 1945

Tony. Dagua, New Guinea - 1945

Zero. Karavat, Rabual, New Britain - 1945

Zero. Manggar, Borneo - 1945

Lily. Labuan, Borneo - 1945

 

[Shinpachi]

Perfect, Andy.
Thanks for sharing !

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[fubar57]

More great stuff

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Cute, Wojtek

 

[Shinpachi]

Raising a sunken battleship - IJN Mutsu.
Most of the hull part is still in the water as too heavy to lift and pay.

 

[Wurger]

Oh boy... how much of scrap metal. It would be enough for a lot of cars I would say.

 

[fubar57]

What an impressive endeavour

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Shinpachi]

Lifted artifacts of the Mutsu.
Salvage was planned in 1946, begun in 1970 and completed 70% in 1978.

Original site: 『陸奥記念館』

 

[Wurger]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Wildcat]

RAAF Beaufighter strike photos.
Penfoei, Timor Feb 43. 12 aircraft were destroyed in this raid

Zeros destroyed at Lae - 1943

July 43 - Lily destroyed at Lingat, Selaru Island - note the running Japanese

Taberfane, Aru Islands - 5 floatplanes were destroyed on this strike. June 43

Zero on fire at Lae, March 43

 

[michaelmaltby]

.... great post.

 

[Shinpachi]

Looks a sudden attack.
Smart Aussies

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Thomas the Tank Engines Bad Day Out ......................