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[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

306th BG fliers strap Co-Pilot to 1000 pound bomb

 

[Wurger]

 

[SaparotRob]

306th BG fliers strap Co-Pilot to 1000 pound bomb

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[Capt. Vick]

Isn't that a war crime?

 

[nuuumannn]

306th BG fliers strap Co-Pilot to 1000 pound bomb

"Punishment for not cleaning the Officer's Mess, again..."

Isn't that a war crime?

What? Posting Homer Simpson memes?

 

[syscom3]

452nd Bomb Group B-17G 43-39089 sropping bombs

MIA Ruhland mission on March 17 1945, due to
gas leak and mech fault. Crash landed Neustadt,
Ger. Crew all returned; Missing Air Crew Report 13111.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

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[cammerjeff]

HMS Avenger (D14) (converted 9,000-ton American type C3 Liberty ship SS Rio Hudson) underway in rough seas, date, and location unknown. Note the unusual camouflage scheme on her flight deck. Six Sea Hurricane IIC fighters are lined-up on the centerline. This image is often mistaken as one of Audacity. IWM FL 1268

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[SaparotRob]

HMS Avenger (D14) (converted 9,000-ton American type C3 Liberty ship SS Rio Hudson) underway in rough seas, date, and location unknown. Note the unusual camouflage scheme on her flight deck. Six Sea Hurricane IIC fighters are lined-up on the centerline. This image is often mistaken as one of Audacity. IWM FL 1268


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Did returning pilots have problems with camouflaged flight decks? Those "waves" seem a little distracting.

 

[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

452nd Bomb Group, 730th BS Bomber B-17G 44-6165. On return from Chemnitz Mission on Feb 6 1945, flak hit
that damaged the instruments and force landed down in field near Ghent, Belgium.
After repairs flew back to UK and crash landed at base. Returned to the US and sold for scrap metal at Kingman 13/12/45.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Seen today at a local bar. I was in a hurry to catch a boat for Christmas with the family so can't taste it so when I come back home will try one (f.cking covid allowimg)

 

[SaparotRob]

I hope it comes around my way soon.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[syscom3]

General Motors FM-2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron (VC) 93 aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) prepare for a mission supporting the invasion of Okinawa, 25 March 1945. I am amazed that the Wildcats were still being used that late in the war. Hellcats were a dime a dozen at that time.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Torch]

General Motors FM-2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron (VC) 93 aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) prepare for a mission supporting the invasion of Okinawa, 25 March 1945. I am amazed that the Wildcats were still being used that late in the war. Hellcats were a dime a dozen at that time.

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Didn't they have a bunch of upgrades including engines?

 

[Frog]

General Motors FM-2 Wildcats of Composite Squadron (VC) 93 aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) prepare for a mission supporting the invasion of Okinawa, 25 March 1945. I am amazed that the Wildcats were still being used that late in the war. Hellcats were a dime a dozen at that time.

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The small size of the FM-2 was an asset on CVEs (TBMs being another thing...). and Grumman justly could concentrate on Hellcats because Eastern took the burden of producing FM-2s and TBMs.