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[Frog]

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

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

 

[Viking1066]

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

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.

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima Ki-44s 47th Sentai JEPO

 

[Viking1066]

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

 

[Viking1066]

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

 

[Viking1066]

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

 

[Viking1066]

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

 

[Viking1066]

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

 

[bf109xxl]

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.

 

[Viking1066]

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

 

[Viking1066]

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

 

[MIflyer]

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-48 of the 34th Sentai 1944 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

Friedrichshafen FF33s at Libau September 1916 operations Gulf of Riga FLYN

 

[MIflyer]

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

 

[Viking1066]

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

 

[Viking1066]

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

 

[Viking1066]

Friedrichshafen FF33E '841' Wolfchen Germany 1918 FLYN

 

[Wurger]

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi Ki-1 type 93 heavy bomber WIKI