Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (4 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hiens the net

 

[Viking1066]

Lieutenant Haruki Iki sits in the main pilot's seat of a Type 96 land attack bomber. The lieutenant also participated in the Battle of Malaya. the net

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi A5m2a (late) of 12 Kokutai, 2 Hikotai 1938 the net

 

[Wurger]

the pic source: the net.

 

[cammerjeff]

I learned something today I had no Idea some of the WWI German Airship hangars were mounted on turntables. Pictured are from Nordholz near Cuxhaven around 1913

source File:German airship sheds Cuxhaven 1917 IWM Q 51457.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

 

[cammerjeff]

Ok I learned a 2nd thing today, I had no idea thar the USN repurposed the airship hangar in Lakehearst NJ into a giant training aid for practice of moving A/C around a hangar deck. It was in use up the the early 1980's. I was in the USN during that time and was unaware of this,

source The Navy's Giant Hangar That Housed The Hindenburg Hides A Mock Aircraft Carrier Inside

 

[cammerjeff]

Anyone else notise the twin nose wheels on the early A-4 in the second picture?

 

[Viking1066]

Well done teacher! First one I knew about, the other one is interesting.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Anyone else notise the twin nose wheels on the early A-4 in the second picture?

A tow trolley attachement?

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Greg Boeser]

I learned something today I had no Idea some of the WWI German Airship hangars were mounted on turntables. Pictured are from Nordholz near Cuxhaven around 1913

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source File:German airship sheds Cuxhaven 1917 IWM Q 51457.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

You don't want to try to pull one of those out in a crosswind.

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi Ki-67 of the 61st Sentai 1945 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Shikishima on the seaplane ramp at Yokohama on her beaching gear with a tow tractor in the background the net

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi Ki-67 of 3 chutai of 60th Hikō Sentai at Kengun Air Field 1945 the net

 

[Viking1066]

N1K2-J Shiden-Kai of the Yutani Special Unit the net

 

[Wurger]

S.S. Panna Wodna - ex Kriegsmarine minesweeper M 295 type Minensuchboot 1940. She was launched in 1944 by the P. Lindenau shipyard in Memel (Klaipėda). Shortly before its completion she was sunk at the shipyard by Soviet bombers on October 14, 1944 during massive attacks on the port and city.
The M 295 wreck, resting on the seabed was captured by soviets on January 28, 1945. After being raised in 1945 an attempt was made to tow her to another harbour. However, due to hull leaks, it sank during the operation in the waters of the Gulf of Gdańsk.
She was raised from the seabed again in 1946. After undergoing repairs and conversion it was commissioned into the Polish Navy under the name "Panna Wodna" (Mermaid). For many years, "Panna Wodna" operated as a coastal passenger vessel (owned by Żegluga Gdańska). It was withdrawn from service in May 1965 and subsequently transferred to the League for the Defense of the Country (LOK). The LOK used the ship as a training vessel (a hulk serving as a diver base). It was ultimately decommissioned and scrapped in 1980–1981 at the Gdańsk Ship Repair Yard.

 

[Wurger]

The raised wreck of the German minesweeper M 295, later Panna Wodna, in Gdynia, 1946.

the pic source: M 295 - niemiecki trałowiec, późniejsza PANNA WODNA, polski statek

The ex-minesweeper M 295, Panna Wodna during its conversion into an excursion ship, 1947–1948 ...

the pic source: PANNA WODNA, statek – Encyklopedia Gdańska

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi Ki-48 of the 15th Sentai 1943 with a mixed camouflage design the net

 

[Viking1066]

N1K2-J Tsukuba Kokutai January 1945 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Major Yoshio Shiga, flight commander of the 343rd Ku with a Shiden-kai in the background the net