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Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
There's a sight to fill the LW with fear!
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There's a sight to fill the LW with fear!RAAF Avro Anson A4-5 formation over Richmond-Sydney area NSW Australia ASBIZ
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I think they're pulling the prop through, before a start attempt. It moves the oil out of the bottom cylinders and prevents engine damage.Starting a Kawasaki Ki-48 the hard way of the 8th Sentai Burma 1943 BURI
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What if we used "Yakety Sax" as the soundtrack?I don't think hand propping an engine that size could be safely successful.
The things one learns here.That is one of the special ops Q plane Beaufighters disguised as Ansons with a belt fed 20mm Hispano turret.
One officer I worked with in LA had a silver Datsun 240Z. Someone vandalized it by spraying green paint in irregular blotches down the sides and I told him he had a WW2 Japanese camo scheme.Nice camo on the Nakajima.
Notice the different camo markings.Tropical Spitfires in transit to the Middle East and Gibraltar ASBIZ
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