Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (6 Viewers)

[SaparotRob]

Nakajima E8N2 aboard IJNS Nagato WIRO
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I love this plane. Have any survived?

 

[Viking1066]

I love this plane. Have any survived?

Of 755 produced, there are no known surviving examples of the Nakajima E8N reconnaissance seaplane.

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima Ki-27bs of 1 Chutai 13th Sentai 1940 KEGO

 

[cammerjeff]

Nakajima Ki-27bs of 1 Chutai 13th Sentai 1940 KEGO
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Interesting picture, while I have seen many pictures of Ki-27's with the lower wheel fairings removed, these 2 also have the middle fairing removed. I understand the reasoning of removing the lower fairings to prevent mud buildup from interfering with the wheel rotation.
I wonder what caused the removal of the fairings higher on the struts?

 

[Viking1066]

Interesting picture, while I have seen many pictures of Ki-27's with the lower wheel fairings removed, these 2 also have the middle fairing removed. I understand the reasoning of removing the lower fairings to prevent mud buildup from interfering with the wheel rotation.
I wonder what caused the removal of the fairings higher on the struts?

I agree. That is quite the rare thing.

 

[Viking1066]

Fleet F2Y-1 biplane, to be carried on and launched from dirigible NIAA

 

[Viking1066]

Four Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) leaving their B-17 Flying Fortress at Lockbourne Army Air Base in Columbus, Ohio BRIT

 

[Viking1066]

Grumman F4F 4 Wildcat VF-9 Black 9F6 landing aboard CV 4 USS Ranger 1942 ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

"V-116" pilot PO3c Takashi Kura-uchi from IJNS Akagi at Omura Air Base April 1941 FOAW

 

[Viking1066]

Late model B-2J Liberators with nose turret await delivery USAF

 

[Viking1066]

Many Airacobras never left the States, but served as advanced trainers as squadrons worked up for deployment. This P-39 displays large "buzz numbers" on the nose INHG

 

[Viking1066]

USS SARATOGA (CV-3) off San Francisco, California HISN

 

[Viking1066]

A-20G Havoc 9th AF 422nd NFS Debden England REDD

 

[Viking1066]

Brewster Buffalo F2A 1 in McClelland Barclay camouflage design Sep 2nd 1940.ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A, 433915, at RIAT, England in 2009. This aircraft was built in 1944 for the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1944 AIRO

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[CATCH 22]

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A, 433915, at RIAT, England in 2009. This aircraft was built in 1944 for the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1944 AIRO
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Represents "SNAFU Snatchers", an OA-10A from the 2nd ERS.
The original a/c with s/n 44-33879 was a Vickers built PBV-1A for the US. Navy, but not a Canso! Interestingly, based on the serials the 2 planes could be from the same batch.

 

[Viking1066]

Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VF-3 undergoing maintenance USS Enterprise 1941 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

K5Y1 "713" Kasumigaura Kokutai 1940

 

[Frog]