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[ARTESH]

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Is there any info about where and when this photo was taken?

 

[michaelmaltby]

no specifics but the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem visited and inspected Moslem soldiers ... there were a large number ... mostly used for security-anti=partisan duties, IIRC

 

[GTX]

Details here:

Muslim members of the Waffen-SS 13th division at prayer during their training in Germany, 1943 - Rare Historical Photos

Many of these soldiers came from Bosnia, and it was a conscious decision to fight the Communist Partisans and the nationalist Chetniks.

rarehistoricalphotos.com

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

Testing machine guns of Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters aboard USS Ranger (CV-4), while en route from the U.S. to North African waters, circa early November 1942. Note the special markings used during this operation, with a yellow ring painted around the national insignia on aircraft fuselages.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[michaelmaltby]

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[michaelmaltby]

the Internet - Inspection of Musim troops by either (a) Alec Guiness, or (b) the Grand Mufti of Jersusalem

 

[syscom3]

B-17s from the 305th BG bombing airfield at Stargard near Stettin 1944

Note the smoke marker trails.

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[syscom3]

B-17s from the 305th BG bombing airfield at Stargard near Stettin 1944.

Note the smoke marker trails.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Wurger]

 

[ARTESH]

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Uffz. Peter: Hans, is your girlfriend talking yet? We should fly!!!

Radio Operator Erich: Hans, would you continue writing? I've got tired.

 

[manta22]

Here is a photo of a yacht that I doubt anyone ever saw or ever heard about. OK, history experts- what is the story of this boat?

 

[SaparotRob]

Is that John Wayne's yacht (and former minesweeper)?

 

[Wurger]

B-17s from the 305th BG bombing airfield at Stargard near Stettin 1944.

Note the smoke marker trails.

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It is the Klützow ( Kluczewo ) airfield near Stargard. Until the war started in 1939 there was based Aufklärungsgruppe 21 (21. Heeres Gruppe) Luftwaffe equipped with Henschel Hs-126 scout planes. From October 1944 to January 1945 there was based the II/JG 400 with Messerschmitt Me-163Bs. After the war the airfield was captured by Russians and changed into the VVS airbase. In 1992 the airfield was returned Poland.

the source: Topografia lotnicza Polski 1939-1945

 

[manta22]

Here is a photo of a yacht that I doubt anyone ever saw or ever heard about. OK, history experts- what is the story of this boat?

Sorry, no cigar. Clue #1: picture was taken in 1948 or 1949.