Picture of the day.

[syscom3]

Ground crew reload a 78th Fighter Squadron P-51 on Iwo Jima.

 

[syscom3]

Memphis Rebel, 362nd Fighter Group. She crashed on takeoff 29 April 1944

 

[ARTESH]

What happened to crew?

 

[syscom3]

HMS Puncher. Barracudas of 821 Squadron ranged on deck off Norwegian coast, with Force 2, during Operation Shred,
February 21, 1945. The cruiser HMS Dido is astern.

 

[GTX]

What happened to crew?

This day, in 1944: “Memphis Rebel” crashes through a fuel dump – and Thurman Morrison survives

The above photo looks like a scene of tragedy – a wrecked P-47, flames, and firefighting foam everywhere. It very well could have been, except for luck and the rugged construction of the Thun…

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[Snautzer01]

Vintage WWII Official U. S. Navy Photograph A Christmas Project | eBay

The photo was released December 6, 1944. File number TR-11564. It is captioned "A Christmas Project. ". It is in very good plus condition.

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[syscom3]

P-40F Warhawks of the 33rd FG on the USS Chenango. She sailed on October 23, 1942 with the Operation Torch assault force
bound for North Africa and on November 10, and flew off the aircraft to newly won Port Lyautey, French Morocco.

 

[nuuumannn]

Great picture, liking the proliferation of wooden masted vessels. Taken during a "Festival of the Sea" type event?

 

[N4521U]

P-40F Warhawks of the 33rd FG on the USS Chenango. She sailed on October 23, 1942 with the Operation Torch assault force
bound for North Africa and on November 10, and flew off the aircraft to newly won Port Lyautey, French Morocco.

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Future build!

 

[Graeme]

The mighty Aryan race...

 

[syscom3]

F6F- 5 Hellcat just hanging around on the deck of the escort carrier USS Takanis Bay.

 

[ARTESH]

I just got tired ... Need some rest ...

 

[syscom3]

I just got tired ... Need some rest ...

No. It wants its belly scratched.

 

[N4521U]

Yes, Airman Forsythe, we Could park them this way.
But think it trhu, if One falls over????

 

[Airframes]

"Well, we got the vertical landing sorted, now for the vertical take off ..... "

 

[Snautzer01]

Biff again.

 

[Snautzer01]

03-11-1944

 

[Peter Gunn]

P-40F Warhawks of the 33rd FG on the USS Chenango. She sailed on October 23, 1942 with the Operation Torch assault force
bound for North Africa and on November 10, and flew off the aircraft to newly won Port Lyautey, French Morocco.

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I can't put my finger on it but for some reason I've always really liked this picture, something about the time and place moves me somehow.

 

[syscom3]

An H2X-equipped B-17F of the 482nd Bomb Group falls out of formation after being hit by flak over Berlin, 3 June 1944

 

[Snautzer01]

Operation Sealion 2.0 was a fail too

Foto, Unsere Fähre über den Fluss, November 1942, VL(80106) | eBay

Original / Foto, Unsere Fähre über den Fluss, November 1942, VL(80106). Da nicht neu, sind Alters-, Fleck-, Knick-, Schmutz und Gebrauchsspuren möglich.

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