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[Hardlydank]

Ki-43-IIas or -IIbs taking off from Akeno Flying School

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Is that nose mg a field mod?

Yes, an effort to deter or fight back frontal attacks from LW fighters

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Fairey Battle K9370 with a Fairey P.24 engine, with 24 cilinders in H, some 2.240 hp and counter-rotating propellers, tested by USAAC at Wright Field in a try to make it the engine for the P-47.

 

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[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

PB4Y

 

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[michaelmaltby]

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[Frog]

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These are not combat, but training pictures, with a French captured Hotchkiss H 39 tank modified by the Germans and pressed into service with some Erzatz Panzer Abteilung. The turret evidences a german modification ; the original hemispheric turret dome was erased and replaced by a german style commander cupola with two hatches. The smoke adds some dramatic effects. The turret number is typically german (113 : 1st company, first platoon, tank n° 3).

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[special ed]

A three rotor encoding machine. Possibly an early one by Walther.

 

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[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

Pilots and Crew Chief check supercharger on B-17 of 548th BS, 385th BG at Great Ashfield 1943

 

[Snautzer01]

These are not combat, but training pictures, with a French captured Hotchkiss H 39 tank modified by the Germans and pressed into service with some Erzatz Panzer Abteilung. The turret evidences a german modification ; the original hemispheric turret dome was erased and replaced by a german style commander cupola with two hatches. The smoke adds some dramatic effects. The turret number is typically german (113 : 1st company, first platoon, tank n° 3).

Fire escape training at a panzer school.

 

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[Hardlydank]

Home Defence Ki-43-IIIa about to take off, fitted with a single drop tank.
Source: Rod's WarBirds