Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Viking1066]

Aichi D3As of the 33rd Hikotai based on Timor attacking Port Darwin 1942 AIVA

 

[Viking1066]

Douglas Boston SAAF 24Sq S-Sugar North Africa ASBIZ

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Douglas Boston SAAF 24Sq S-Sugar North Africa ASBIZ
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An unusual camo with the blue underside which looks to have been hand painted.

 

[Shinpachi]

Occupation of British/Dutch Borneo was carried out by Kawaguchi detachment of IJA 18th division on December 16, 1941 and Sakaguchi detachment on January 11, 1942 to support the Sumatra/Java campaign.

Kawaguch detachment

At Pamankat and Equator Monument at Pontianak

Kawaguchi detachment at Ledo Airfield

Sakaguchi detachment at the oil facilities of Tarakan

IJN landing force Yamamoto unit at Balikpapan

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)

 

[Wurger]

 

[SaparotRob]

That was a bit of unexpected advertising.

 

[vandee]

You need to move to Hilo Hawaii where smallest item on the breakfast menu means you will get two big plates of food, overflowing, for starters. I ordered with hash brown and toast and thought that was the full order but then the waitress said did I want the pancake or waffle. I said pancake, thinking a single small one but that really meant a three 10 inch diameter half inch thick pancakes on their own plate, with syrup etc. No wonder so many Americans are obese.
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I eat SPAM all the time! I have been eating it in, of all places NEW ENGLAND growing up as a boy in the 50s and 60s. I think my mother got this from my father returning from WWII, I think he may have introduced SPAM and Chip Beef Gravey which is SOS.....S_ _ t On a Shingle as he called it! I absolutely loved SPAM....Hated SOS!

 

[Viking1066]

fried SPAM is great!!

 

[vandee]

Fried is THE only way to eat it......makes for a complete and balanced diet!!!!!

 

[Shinpachi]

That was a bit of unexpected advertising.

Probably same as this modern one -
ZENOL Pain Relief Patch
Topical Analgesic for Pain Relief

1."The patch exerts high anti-inflammatory and cooling effects."
With anti-inflammatory effect of glycol salicylate and cooling effect of high moisture base, the patch is very effective for joint pain, muscle pain, and sprain.

2."It stretches well and adhesive to the affected area."
Using highly stretchable non-woven fabric and highly viscous plaster, the patch exerts its analgesic effect by adhering to areas such as elbow, knee, etc. with a wide range of motion.
"Aluminum bag with a zipper"
The aluminum bag with a zipper helps easy storage, and prevents the plaster from being dried.

ZENOL Pain Relief Patch | TAIHO PHARMA

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[Viking1066]

G4M1s 705 Ku Solomon Islands DEBY

 

[Viking1066]

Fleet Air Arm Seafires HMS Furious with USS South Dakota (BB-57) 9th July 1943 ASBIZ.

 

[MIflyer]

fried SPAM is great!!

Used to think so, too. Then one day in 1979 I came home from work, fried some Spam for supper and a couple of hours later I came down with the flu. Flu was not related to the spam but that finished me with it. Something about seeing and tasting what you just ate streaming into the toilet is fatal to future enjoyment.

 

[Shinpachi]

Occupation of Celebes Island was carried out by IJN airborne unit and landing force from Philippine directly in January and February 1942. This airborne operation was not made public until February 14 when IJA carried out another airborne operation in Palembang.

Flak destroyed a Zero's wing

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)

 

[Wurger]

 

[SaparotRob]

Occupation of Celebes Island was carried out by IJN airborne unit and landing force from Philippine directly in January and February 1942. This airborne operation was not made public until February 14 when IJA carried out another airborne operation in Palembang.

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Flak destroyed a Zero's wing
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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)

Catch the blurb about a B-17?

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Flak destroyed a Zero's wing

Such a flimsy bird.

 

[Shinpachi]

Many of such heroes had been forgotten in the postwar Japan.

"During the attack on Kendari, Petty Officer Morita lost a wing by a flak but came home to Langoan Base. Allied planes such as B-17s and B-24s often raided Manado but even Zero fighters had difficulty shooting them down. Armor-piercing shells were strengthened as a countermeasure."

 

[Viking1066]

Aichi D1A2 JAPB

 

[Viking1066]

Avro Anson RAF trainers ASBIZ