Picture of the day.

[syscom3]

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) making 17.5 knots astern during her preliminary standardization trials, run #41, off Rockland, Maine, United States, July 12th-21st, 1937.

 

[at6]

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After the war, Hans und Hans married and lived happily ever after.

 

[Wurger]

 

[N4521U]

B-17G "Maximum Effort" of the 401st BG after belly landing on December 1st 1944. Note the damage to the belly turret and chin gun.

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Well................. the condition of the Props exxxxxxplaiiiiiins the condition of the chin and ball turrets!

 

[at6]

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The day Helmut stopped by for a short one.

 

[Snautzer01]

syscom3 might want to take a look at the dislike.

 

[N4521U]

syscom3 might want to take a look at the dislike.

no biggee

 

[Snautzer01]

The day Helmut stopped by for a short one.

Honey i shrunk the Nazi

 

[syscom3]

B-17F 42-30243 in flight near Mount Raineer, Washington.
Ultimately assigned to the 8th AF, 94th BG, 331BS. Shot down on the Le Bourget France Mission on July 14 1943. Eight
POW and two others evaded capture. Enemy aircraft fire severely damaged tail, and the cockpit set afire. Crashed
Evreux, France.

 

[Snautzer01]

Honey i shrunk the Nazi

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Oeps works on the english too ...sorry..

 

[GTX]

British gunners having to man their coastal defense naval battery gun in a reinforced bunker, wearing dresses, during the rehearsal for a pantomime. - Shornemead Fort, Kent, England - 1940

Source

 

[GTX]

Observing war games in Redford, New York - 1939

Left to right :
Colonel Takatoshi Nakamura of Japan
Brigadier General Walter C. Short of the United States
General Friedrich von Boetticher of Germany

Source

 

[GTX]

DUKWs carrying 6-pdr anti-tank guns during training in North Africa, 31 August 1943.

Source

 

[SaparotRob]

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Observing war games in Redford, New York - 1939

Left to right :
Colonel Takatoshi Nakamura of Japan
Brigadier General Walter C. Short of the United States
General Friedrich von Boetticher of Germany

Why yes Herr General, Pearl Harbor is that way.

 

[Frog]

Why yes Herr General, Pearl Harbor is that way.

And in fact, he is the same general Short who was in command of the Army Forces at Hawaii on december 7, 1941.

 

[SaparotRob]

I know. Hence my post.

 

[SaparotRob]

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British gunners having to man their coastal defense naval battery gun in a reinforced bunker, wearing dresses, during the rehearsal for a pantomime. - Shornemead Fort, Kent, England - 1940

Pledge week?

 

[Glider]

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Observing war games in Redford, New York - 1939

Left to right :
Colonel Takatoshi Nakamura of Japan
Brigadier General Walter C. Short of the United States
General Friedrich von Boetticher of Germany

The Japanese must have taken the lessons to heart. Walter C Short was responsible for the defence of Pearl Harbour when the Japanese attacked.

Apologies everyone else beat me to it

 

[SaparotRob]

Why isn't this joke working? Everybody here knows where General Short was!

 

[SaparotRob]

For my next trick, I will grab a metaphorical coat and disappear.