Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (3 Viewers)

[Shinpachi]

Aero division of the old Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. then and now.

Sources:
住友精密工業株式会社
住友精密工業 | JAXA新事業促進部

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[Tieleader]

F.120 Jabiru. A French sesquiplane airliner that just might be the ugliest aircraft ever made. (Ca. 1925)
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Jeez, even a mother couldn't love that!

 

[Snautzer01]

WWII Military Japanese Prison Murder Camp US Soldiers Tent Real Photo #2 | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

WWII Military Japanese Prison Camp US Soldiers Tent Barracks Real Photo #1 | eBay

 

[Snautzer01]

20x13 Foto 1937 Shanghai Feuer Krieg Japan China photo | eBay

 

[johnbr]

A young boy can't wait to fly the sky with his rocket pack.

 

[johnbr]

An American soldier stands guard over a roped-off Yokosuka MXY7 �Ohka� attack plane (nicknamed �Baka� by US troops) at Yontan airfield, Okinawa, Japan, April 13, 1945.

 

[johnbr]

Britain - Spearhead Of AttackUNITED KINGDOM - MAY 10: World War II poster - Britain - Spearhead Of Attack (Photo by The National Archives/

 

[Snautzer01]

Japanese officer's silk flag Captured in the battle of Manilla in 1945 | eBay

 

[johnbr]

Japanese DefectorIn the waist of a Marine bomber, Second Lieutenant Minoru Wada, a Japanese Army transport officer, who was captured on the Island of Mindanao, helps to guide an American bombing raid on the headquarters of the 100th Imperial Japanese Army Infantry Division commanded by General Harada, at Upian, Mindanao Island, 10th August 1945. The raid was carried out by PBJ Mitchell bombers with F4U Corsair fighter escorts. Wada, who was born in the US and was a student in Japan when war was declared, described his actions as 'ultimately humane'. He was later given a new identity and disappeared from public view. (Photo by Lieut. David D. Duncan/FPG/Hulton Archive/

 

[johnbr]

Martin Baker mb-6 +5

 

[johnbr]

FORD XB-906 TRIMOTOR BOMBER e-bay Ford XB-906 bomber prototype (1931) This was a version of the 5-AT-C, proposed as a bomber and tested (or to be tested), with the XB-906 designation, by the USAAC. As you can see, it was registered as NX6523 and it crashed on 9 September 1931 during a test flight.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[Shinpachi]

IJN battleships then and now.

Emperor Hirohito welcoming Admiral Yamamoto's remains coming home on the Musashi dated June 24, 1943.

「武蔵」に昭和天皇が行幸されたときの記念写真（海外の反応） : 海外のお前ら 海外の反応

Yamato in the movies. "Yamato"

"The Man in the High Castle Season 3"

Source: ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB8f94E2Oxc

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

Relating to the Yamato.

Emperor on the Musashi in color.

Source: 昭和天皇行幸記念写真 : MONOCHROME SPECTER

Movie "Yamato" set.

Sources: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/04/54/ff/0454ffd40163445814b1051b7f5fcbca.jpg
https://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200605/06/91/e0094691_2019093.jpg

New movie "The Great War of Archimedes" in July 2019.

Sources: 菅田将暉、映画「アルキメデスの大戦」ロケ地・呉市に凱旋…戦艦「大和」と"初対面"に大興奮
『アルキメデスの大戦』 ｜ キノフィルムズ

1/144 Chinese Yamatos

Source: ://twitter.com/arakichi1969/status/639590230635384832

 

[johnbr]

Cachat's 9th Bomb. Division Strike

 

[johnbr]

DHC Caribou
Descriptive Booklet - The De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd, 'Introducing the STOL Caribou Transport Aircraft', 1962

 

[vikingBerserker]

FORD XB-906 TRIMOTOR BOMBER e-bay Ford XB-906 bomber prototype (1931) This was a version of the 5-AT-C, proposed as a bomber and tested (or to be tested), with the XB-906 designation, by the USAAC. As you can see, it was registered as NX6523 and it crashed on 9 September 1931 during a test flight.View attachment 559783View attachment 559784View attachment 559785View attachment 559781View attachment 559782

This aircraft was part of the response to a 1929/1930 Air Corps Circular design proposal calling for submissions of an advanced new heavy bomber. By 1931 six manufactures responded with designs: Ford (XB-906), Fokker (XB-8), Douglas (XB-7), Keystone (XB-908), Boeing (XB-901, then XB-9) and Martin (XB-907 then XB-10). All but Keystones were evaluated as they only had wooden mock-up. One of the problems with the Ford was the nose gunner could not fire when the center engine was running. It was lost when a wing sheared off after a step turn. the Kestone's XB-908 was the last design they ever submitted to the Air Corps and after they delivered their final B-6 they folded.