Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

• Jun 25, 2024

• #5,981

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Frog

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Curtiss Test Pilots US AIR SERVICES April 1942

 

• Jun 25, 2024

• #5,982

Viking1066

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

 

• Jun 25, 2024

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• #5,983

Shinpachi

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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)

 

• Jun 25, 2024

• #5,984

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Escuadrilla Azul

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Shinpachi said:

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)

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The A5M. Another flimsy bird!

 

• Jun 25, 2024

• #5,985

Wurger

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• Jun 25, 2024

• Thread starter
• #5,986

Shinpachi

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Escuadrilla Azul said:

The A5M. Another flimsy bird!

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A bird cannot fly if it is not flimsy

 

• Jun 25, 2024

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• #5,987

Shinpachi

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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)

 

• Jun 26, 2024

• #5,988

Viking1066

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IJA Nakajima Ki-4 type 4 reconnaissance aircraft JPKI

 

• Jun 26, 2024

• #5,989

Viking1066

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

 

• Jun 26, 2024

• #5,990

MiTasol

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Aw flaming stralia

Escuadrilla Azul said:

Such a flimsy bird.

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... 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).

 

• Jun 27, 2024

• #5,991

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Frog

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France

 

• Jun 27, 2024

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Viking1066

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

 

• Jun 27, 2024

• #5,993

WARSPITER

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

 

• Jun 27, 2024

• #5,994

SaparotRob

Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII

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Do I have time for a drink?

 

• Jun 27, 2024

• #5,995

Viking1066

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SaparotRob said:

Do I have time for a drink?

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Always time for a drink. Remember there are these!

 

• Jun 28, 2024

• #5,996

Viking1066

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

 

• Jun 28, 2024

• #5,997

Viking1066

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MU Spitfires MkVb Gibraltar October 1942 ASBIZ

 

• Jun 28, 2024

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• #5,998

Shinpachi

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Aircraft Pictorial for Japanese Children in 1938.

Type 93 Heavy Bomber


Kaga in original state


Secret aircraft

 

• Jun 28, 2024

• #5,999

Vic Balshaw

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Canberra

These are brilliant.

 

• Jun 29, 2024

• #6,000

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Escuadrilla Azul

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Shinpachi said:

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!