Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Frog]

Curtiss Test Pilots US AIR SERVICES April 1942

 

[Viking1066]

Camera battle footage between Luftwaffe He-111H-bombers and RAF Spitfire Spring-1941 ASBIZ

 

[Shinpachi]

Forgotten Japanese war hero.
Petty Officer Kashimura lost his fighter's left wing during the air combat in China but returned to the base well on December 9, 1937.

Source: Air Combat Pictorial for Children (1938)

Source: Sky (Mar.1938)

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Forgotten Japanese war hero.
Petty Officer Kashimura lost his fighter's left wing during the air combat in China but returned to the base well on December 9, 1937.

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Source: Air Combat Pictorial for Children (1938)

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Source: Sky (Mar.1938)

The A5M. Another flimsy bird!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

The A5M. Another flimsy bird!

A bird cannot fly if it is not flimsy

 

[Shinpachi]

Forgotten Japanese war heroes in China.
Western equipments did not help.
Here is a tip how to deal with people in the continent IMO.

Source: Air Combat Pictorial for Children (1938)

 

[Viking1066]

IJA Nakajima Ki-4 type 4 reconnaissance aircraft JPKI

 

[Viking1066]

P-38 Lightnings 8AF 20FG England December 1943 ASBIZ.

 

[MiTasol]

Such a flimsy bird.

... with skins as thin as those of the Spitfire fuselage but made from a stronger alloy. Same for skins aft of the front spar plus it has a far stronger rear spar (and is far nicer to work on).

 

[Frog]

 

[Viking1066]

32nd GvlAP Mig-21s at Kubinka AB 1967 JKEM

 

[WARSPITER]

1, 2, 3, check pulse 2, 3, ......

 

[SaparotRob]

Do I have time for a drink?

 

[Viking1066]

Do I have time for a drink?

Always time for a drink. Remember there are these!

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi A6M2 'EI-120' IJN Shokaku December 1941 MIAS

 

[Viking1066]

MU Spitfires MkVb Gibraltar October 1942 ASBIZ

 

[Shinpachi]

Aircraft Pictorial for Japanese Children in 1938.

Type 93 Heavy Bomber

Kaga in original state

Secret aircraft

 

[Vic Balshaw]

These are brilliant.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Aircraft Pictorial for Japanese Children in 1938.

Type 93 Heavy Bomber
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Kaga in original state
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Secret aircraft
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Those secret flying aircraft carriers are very cool!