Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

• May 21, 2024

• #5,781

SaparotRob

Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII

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cammerjeff said:

I always thought that it was an interesting type, from what I understand it was a land plane conversion of a Dornier Whal flying boat converted into a bomber.

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At first glance, I thought it was a flying boat.

 

• May 22, 2024

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Viking1066

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Nakajima Ki-49s 3 chutai, 95th Sentai JAWI

 

• May 22, 2024

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Viking1066

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Lt. Barbara Wojtulanis boards a Supermarine Spitfire for a ferry flight in England PISM

 

• May 22, 2024

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Viking1066

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Polish women serving as pilots with the RAF Air Transport Auxiliary ferrying aircraft to locations in Europe. They are Lt. Anna Leska, Lt. Jadwiga Pilsudska and Lt. Barbara Wojtulanis 1940's PISM

 

• May 23, 2024

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• #5,785

Shinpachi

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U.S. Army burns the military facilities in Manila to declare Open City on December 27, 1941.
IJA 48th and 16th divisions enter the city on January 1, 1942.


Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 8・太平洋戦争 2)(Dec.1978)

 

• May 23, 2024

• #5,786

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• May 23, 2024

• #5,787

Viking1066

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Kawasaki Ki-48 Hokota Training School aircraft WIKI

 

• May 23, 2024

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Viking1066

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B-17 '1601' Squadron 69 January 1949 IDAF

B-17 '1602' acquired from a dump in Florida and flown to Czechoslovakia then to Israel December 1948 IDAF

 

• May 24, 2024

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Viking1066

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Unidentified pilots Mitsubishi A6M BURZE

 

• May 24, 2024

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Viking1066

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Stored F-86K and Test and Eval Unit 61 in Ober-pfaffenhofen 1960 AIDOC

 

• May 24, 2024

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Viking1066

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Squadron 117 Meteor strafing an EGDF field kitchen in the Sinai October 1956 IDAF

 

• May 24, 2024

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Shinpachi

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Viking1066 said:

Unidentified pilots Mitsubishi A6M BURZE
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Nice pic.
The guy in the cockpit looks Ryoji Ohara(1921-2018).

Ryoji Ohara


View: https://x.com/koudachinaoki/status/1629138736457072640

 

• May 24, 2024

• #5,793

Capt. Vick

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What a distinguished looking gentleman

 

• May 24, 2024

• #5,794

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• May 24, 2024

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Shinpachi

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Capt. Vick said:

What a distinguished looking gentleman

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No sooner Ryoji Ohara sat on the seat than he checked the gauges on the panel swiftly, adjusted the seat level and peeked through the gunsight (Photographer Naoki Koudachi).

 

• May 24, 2024

• #5,796

Zippythehog

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But of course.

 

• May 25, 2024

• #5,797

Viking1066

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Nakajima B5N1 'W-329' IJN Soryu China 1940 color profile BURI


Nakajima B5N1 'W-329' IJN Soryu China 1940 BURI

 

• May 25, 2024

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Viking1066

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Invader graveyard at Clark Field 1964 after withdrawal from Vietnam. Black aircraft were fomer CIA aircraft. REDB

 

• May 25, 2024

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Shinpachi

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IJA flying corps advances to the middle Luzon to support ground forces.


Source: History of Showa-era (一億人の昭和史・日本の戦史 8・太平洋戦争 2)(Dec.1978)
Wikipedia

 

• May 25, 2024

• #5,800

Vic Balshaw

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These are great pictures your bringing up Shinpachi and thanks for sharing.