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• Jul 1, 2022

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B-17G 43-38853 398th BG, 600th BS. Shot down by flak over Berlin. April 10 1945. 6 KIA; 4 POW. Only a week to go
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• Jul 2, 2022

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Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless from the 10th bombardment Squadron (VB-10) before landing on the USS Enterprise CV-6 after
the attack in Palau, March 1944.

 

• Jul 2, 2022

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The Big E and SBD's. Good stuff!

 

• Jul 2, 2022

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• Jul 3, 2022

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TBF Avengers warming up aboard USS Santee (CVE-29), November 1943. And depth charges carried by the Avengers.

 

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• Jul 4, 2022

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• Jul 4, 2022

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• Jul 4, 2022

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Hit bt a Swiss-made Emmental round .....................

 

• Jul 4, 2022

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syscom3 said:

TBF Avengers warming up aboard USS Santee (CVE-29), November 1943. And depth charges carried by the Avengers.

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Is that a Wild Cat in the lower right of the top image?

 

• Jul 4, 2022

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Michael Hope said:

Is that a Wild Cat in the lower right of the top image?

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I believe it's a FM-1. Here's a photo of this particular a/c with # 5:

There is a colour photo with the same a/c in flight (IMHO) - check the different antenna mast:

Cheers!

 

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• Jul 4, 2022

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Go Grumman! The other guys too.

 

• Jul 4, 2022

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HMS Shah, moored at San Francisco in January 1944. The ship is ready to ferry a deck load of 29 Wildcats, 12 Avengers and 22 Curtiss Warhawks (P-40)
to Melbourne, Australia, Kochi (Cochin), India and Colombo, Ceylon. The CVE painted in camouflage Measure 21,

 

• Jul 4, 2022

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Crash of a Barracuda aircraft, August 1944, when HMS Rajah was taking her turn as the west coast deck landing training carrier.

 

• Jul 4, 2022

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syscom3 said:

HMS 'Shah' ...

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Exactly which one of them???

List of monarchs of Persia - Wikipedia

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• Jul 4, 2022

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syscom3 said:

Crash of a Barracuda aircraft, August 1944, when HMS Rajah was taking her turn as the west coast deck landing training carrier.

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It seems not much work for ground crew!

 

• Jul 4, 2022

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syscom3 said:

HMS Shah, moored at San Francisco in January 1944. The ship is ready to ferry a deck load of 29 Wildcats, 12 Avengers and 22 Curtiss Warhawks (P-40)
to Melbourne, Australia, Kochi (Cochin), India and Colombo, Ceylon. The CVE painted in camouflage Measure 21,

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On the second carrier, isn't is carrying the fighters which cannot be mentioned?

 

• Jul 4, 2022

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syscom3 said:

Crash of a Barracuda aircraft, August 1944, when HMS Rajah was taking her turn as the west coast deck landing training carrier.

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I like that it is "Tied Down" in place.

 

• Jul 6, 2022

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B-17G 44-8324 LL-R "Blood N' Guts" of the 91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron.

This B17 survived the war. Eventually scrapped at Kingman Arizona.