Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Wurger]

 

[tyrodtom]

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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Maybe that's where Myasaki got his inspiration for some of his flights of fancy.

 

[Shinpachi]

Maybe that's where Myasaki got his inspiration for some of his flights of fancy.

He would have looked like this when he was a kid

Source: Aviation pictorial (1940)

 

[special ed]

Some of us still do!

 

[Viking1066]

The crowded cockpit of a G4M1 JGAG.

 

[Viking1066]

Vought F4U 7 Corsair French Navy Flottille 15F9 and 15F16 French carrier La Fayette 1957 ASBIZ

 

[Frog]

Vought F4U 7 Corsair French Navy Flottille 15F9 and 15F16 French carrier La Fayette 1957 ASBIZ
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15F is the unit designation.
15F9 and 15F16 are planes numbers.
Flotille 15F operated F4U7s from may 1953 to may 1962.

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[Viking1066]

Yokosuka B4Y2s over IJN Ryujo 1938 JBLD.

 

[Viking1066]

USMC Sikorsky MH-53E Super Sea Stallion of HMH-465 "War Horses' preparing to lift an Iraqi AF F-7B '6578' captured as spoils during Operation Desert Storm USMC

 

[Glider]

Aichi D1A2 JAPB
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With the exception of the canopy, that is so like a Swordfish, I had to look twice

 

[Shinpachi]

On February 19, 1942, IJN task force and land-based bombers attacked Port Darwin to secure the Kupang airfield of Timor Island on the following day.

Kupang, Timor

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)

Timor Island

Source: https://iilss.net/about-timor-sea-facts-and-maps/

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima Ki-49 Hamamatsu Flying School WIKI

 

[Viking1066]

Vought F4U 7 Corsair French Navy Flottille 12F19 French carrier Bois Belleau Mers el Kabir Algeria 1955 ASBIZ

 

[Frog]

Vought F4U 7 Corsair French Navy Flottille 12F19 French carrier Bois Belleau Mers el Kabir Algeria 1955 ASBIZ
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Flotille 12F is the unit designation.
12F19 is the plane number.
12F operated F4U7s from june 1953, exchanged them on may 1958 for AU-1s up to to august 1963 and then switched to the Vough F8(N) Crusader, certainly a great change for its pilots : new planes, new doctrine : from mud movers to interceptors.
The Crusaders were used up to december 1999 !

 

[Viking1066]

Polish AF MiG-21UM 'Grey 9153' Tiger with the 62 PLM WAHO

 

[special ed]

Romanian AF MiG-21UM 'Grey 9153' Tiger with the 62 PLM WAHO
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Isn't that a Polish insignia on the fins?

 

[Wurger]

Isn't that a Polish insignia on the fins?

Yes it is .

the pic source: Okolicznościowe malowania część 2

 

[Viking1066]

Vought F4U 4 Corsair VF-63 White M201 paint job CV 21 USS Boxer Korea 1952 ASBIZ

 

[SaparotRob]

I'm wondering how many MiG-21s are available in Eastern Europe for drone conversion? Doesn't have to work very well. Just mix 'em in with other drone swarms. AAA fodder.