Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

SaparotRob · Mar 25, 2022

That would be Moe Berg.

nuuumannn · Mar 26, 2022

MiTasol said:
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 · Mar 26, 2022

N4521U said:
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 · Mar 26, 2022

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 · Mar 26, 2022

Gnomey · Mar 28, 2022

Nice shots shinpachi!

nuuumannn · Mar 28, 2022

Shinpachi said:
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 · Mar 28, 2022

nuuumannn said:
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 · Apr 5, 2022

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

SaparotRob · Apr 5, 2022

A new one for me.

MiTasol · Apr 6, 2022

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 · Apr 6, 2022

SaparotRob said:
A new one for me.

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Frog · Apr 11, 2022

Wilhem Gustloff postcard :

Wurger · Apr 11, 2022

Gnomey · Apr 15, 2022

Good shots guys!

Snautzer01 · Apr 29, 2022

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

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Wurger · Apr 29, 2022

Shinpachi · Apr 29, 2022

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

vikingBerserker · Apr 29, 2022

That's just beautiful.

Wurger · Apr 29, 2022

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