Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[SaparotRob]

That would be Moe Berg.

 

[nuuumannn]

And what are those bits hanging aft of the axles on the wheels

Mud (or snow) guards? It's worth mentioning the D-27 III model was built in Switzerland.

 

[Shinpachi]

Shinpachi............. have you seen the movie "the Catcher Was A Spy"?
As the story goes he was a member of a team who visited Japan in 1938/9.

Thanks for the information, Bill.
No, I didn't know that. I will check it

 

[Shinpachi]

By the way, the tall guy in these photos is also a Sumo champion Minanogawa(1903-1971).
He is said appeared on the John Wayne's "The Barbarian and the Geisya" in 1958.

Minanogawa. 4th from the left in a celebration for new 2nd-rank champion (Ozeki) Maedayama in May, 1938.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots shinpachi!

 

[nuuumannn]

Minanogawa. 4th from the left in a celebration for new 2nd-rank champion (Ozeki) Maedayama in May, 1938.

Not the guys whose drinks you want to accidentally knock over in a bar...

Thanks for sharing these fascinating insights, Shin.

 

[Shinpachi]

Not the guys whose drinks you want to accidentally knock over in a bar...

Thanks for sharing these fascinating insights, Shin.

You have good memory, nuuumannn

Minanogawa and John Wayne

 

[stug3]

Culver PQ-8 Cadet Target Drones, Wheeler Field
They had cockpits so they could be ferried.

 

[SaparotRob]

A new one for me.

 

[MiTasol]

If my memory is right there was one of those converted to a normal aircraft at Oshkosh Rockford in the mid or late 60s

 

[rednev]

A new one for me.

If you have a two car garage to put it in 1944 Culver PQ-14 | Platinum Fighter Sales

 

[Frog]

Wilhem Gustloff postcard :

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[Snautzer01]

caption Osaka children donated 700 carrier pigeons to the army in 1940

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[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

76 years later. No wooden buildings anymore.....

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's just beautiful.

 

[Wurger]