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• Nov 24, 2024

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Viking1066 said:

I go by whatever the source says. Thank you for the information.

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French Navy air branch designations are as confusing as the US Navy ones.

 

• Nov 24, 2024

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Frog said:

French Navy air branch designations are as confusing as the US Navy ones.

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I totally agree. I am more familiar with the Japanese ones since that's where I have focused my research. I do find them all to be of immense interest.

 

• Nov 25, 2024

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Nakajima Ki-44s 47th Sentai JEPO

 

• Nov 25, 2024

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Junkers R53 'S-AABB' with Junkers K30 'S-505' background October 1926 Netherlands AIRH

 

• Nov 26, 2024

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Mitsubishi Ki-30 90th Sentai 3 Chutai, 3 Shotai China 1930's

 

• Nov 26, 2024

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A PBM-5 on the deck of USS Norton Sound in April 1945 off Saipan WIKI

 

• Nov 27, 2024

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modified Ki-48 with a Ne-0 turbojet under the bomb bay during testing SILA

 

• Nov 27, 2024

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A 20B Boston 244BAP with crew Soviet airbase in Russia Aug 1943 ASBIZ

 

• Nov 27, 2024

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Viking1066 said:

A 20B Boston 244BAP with crew Soviet airbase in Russia Aug 1943 ASBIZ
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The photo apparently shows Evdokia Dmitrievna Bezmenova, junior lieutenant, crew commander.

 

• Nov 28, 2024

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IJN Japanese destroyer Shirayuki during Battle of Bismarck Sea 27th Mar 1943 ASBIZ

 

• Nov 28, 2024

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Junkers R53 'S-AABB' with Junkers K30 'S-505' overhead Van Berkel W-A 'W54' October 1926 Netherlands AIRH

 

• Nov 28, 2024

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• Nov 29, 2024

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Kawasaki Ki-48 of the 34th Sentai 1944 REDD

 

• Nov 29, 2024

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Friedrichshafen FF33s at Libau September 1916 operations Gulf of Riga FLYN

 

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• Nov 30, 2024

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Spitfire IX 412 Squadron Loaded for bear or maybe even Bigfoot. One 500lb and two 250 lb bomb. The range with this load was rather short, especially when you pick up hitchhikers like the chap on the Right wing.


Picture from Flight Journal courtesy of Donald Nijboer

 

• Nov 30, 2024

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Weather has had me down gents. Today has been a real struggle.
Mitsubishi G4M1s (H-362 and H-351 3rd Chutai) 2nd Chutai in background of the Misawa Ku Solomon Islands 1943 RODS

 

• Nov 30, 2024

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Ltn. zue See d.R. M.A. Stein and Oberflugmeister der See Paul Fabeck of Friedrichshafen FF33E '841' on raider Wolf 1916 FLYN

 

• Nov 30, 2024

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Friedrichshafen FF33E '841' Wolfchen Germany 1918 FLYN

 

• Dec 1, 2024

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• Dec 1, 2024

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Mitsubishi Ki-1 type 93 heavy bomber WIKI