Picture of the day.

[Snautzer01]

I thought bassoons were supposed to be used for kindling for the oboe fire?

 

[Snautzer01]

Bargain Lot (6) Photos: Luftwaffe Bombing & Damage of ROTTERDAM, Holland 1940!!! | eBay

Take care.

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Bombing of Rotterdam 1940

 

[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

303rd BG crew and B-17F Knockout Dropper 41-24605 BN-R 1943

This was the first 8th AF B17 to complete 75 missions. This survived the war and made it back to the US. It was sold to a buyer who displayed it. Only to have it eventually be buried and is now under a tall building.

 

[SaparotRob]

Do you know which building? I'm sure there is enough expertise with demolitions here to rescue the 'Fort.

 

[syscom3]

The man who came in from the (not cold) jungle. Imperial Japanese Army Holdout Shoichi Yokoi speaks at a Guam Police Station after being discovered on January 25, 1972 in Guam. Hiding out in the jungle since 1944 when the US retook the island.

 

[GTX]

 

[SaparotRob]

That guy definitely earned some kind of medal.

 

[N4521U]

And a well earned warm shower!

 

[bdefen]

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I read a book about his and his fellow holdouts' story. He was the last to surrender. Quite a tale. Ya gotta wonder if his kind of obedience and dedication would have been typical among the soldiers and civilian population of Japan had we invaded them. As was feared, it could have been the most horrible struggle imaginable. Yep, he deserved a medal, and all of that back pay.........in 1972 yen, and then some.

 

[SaparotRob]

I read a book about his and his fellow holdouts' story. He was the last to surrender. Quite a tale. Ya gotta wonder if his kind of obedience and dedication would have been typical among the soldiers and civilian population of Japan had we invaded them. As was feared, it could have been the most horrible struggle imaginable. Yep, he deserved a medal, and all of that back pay.........in 1972 yen, and then some.

Somehow a "bacon" seems appropriate.

 

[Capt. Vick]

IIRC The locals didn't think much of him...

 

[bdefen]

IIRC The locals didn't think much of him...

Yeah, the locals knew he/they were around, hiding out, and they were stealing food and whatever else to survive. Local nuisance.

Makes me think of Ernest T. Bass on the old Andy Griffith show.

 

[SaparotRob]

Yeah, the locals knew he/they were around, hiding out, and they were stealing food and whatever else to survive. Local nuisance.

Makes me think of Ernest T. Bass on the old Andy Griffith show.

Howard Morris. One of the greatest cartoon voice actors.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Yes, they were also killing some of the locals. What really impressed me was the fact he was a taylor pre-war an was able to make clothes out of coconut fiber IIRC (might have been bamboo)

 

[digger200012]

I had that Corgi set!

Me too!!!

 

[digger200012]

Agree with Terry.

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Is this a "bring your kid to work day" photo???

 

[digger200012]

Captured_Me 109F JG27 at El Alamein 1942

Question Chaps
Any idea what the trailer is that it is on??? Would make a great diorama.

Pete

 

[Wurger]

Question Chaps
Any idea what the trailer is that it is on??? Would make a great diorama.

Pete

That's the Tasker short semi-trailer with the Bedford OXC tractor used by the RAF Salvage and Repair Units.

and with a Hurricane on ...

the pic source: Engines of the Western Allies in WW2

And two shots more ...

the source: Help identifying WW2 RAF trucks

Salvage of a Spitfire ..

the source: the net.

 

[syscom3]

Damaged B-17G 43-38852 Humpty Dumpty EP-N of 351st BS, 100th BG

hit by flak over Hanover Dec 5th 1945 killing the waist gunner.
Limped home to be repaired and returning back to the USA. Sold for
scrap metal, at Kingman Dec 19th 1945.