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• Jul 15, 2022

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Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighters landing on USS Enterprise (CV-6) after strikes on the Japanese base at Truk, in the Caroline Islands. 17-18 February 1944.

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• Jul 16, 2022

• #22,682

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No fancy masking here:



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• Jul 16, 2022

• #22,683

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Soldiers wearing gas masks while peeling onions at Tobruk, 15 October 1941



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• Jul 16, 2022

• #22,684

Gnomey

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Good shots!

 

• Jul 17, 2022

• #22,685

MiTasol

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Aw flaming stralia

syscom3 said:

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.

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Are those bomb racks or storpedo racks inboard of the inboard engines

 

• Jul 17, 2022

• #22,686

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GTX said:

No fancy masking here:

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Wasn't it an Overnight directive?

 

• Jul 17, 2022

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• #22,687

syscom3

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USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) en route from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, 24–31 August 1944, with 14 PBJ-1D Mitchells from Marine Bombing Squadron (VMB) 611
and three JM-1 Marauders.

 

• Jul 17, 2022

• #22,688

hal bregg

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MiTasol said:

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Are those bomb racks or storpedo racks inboard of the inboard engines

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Additional bomb racks. To be used in shorter missions. Rarely used.

 

• Jul 17, 2022

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hal bregg

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This seems to be interesting:

1:3 (?) Bearcat model carried by B-17?.

 

• Jul 17, 2022

• #22,690

SaparotRob

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I would have remembered seeing that before. I haven't.
Parasite fighter program? Amazon Prime delivery?

 

• Jul 17, 2022

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hal bregg

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SaparotRob said:

Amazon Prime delivery?

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....for rich and lazy modellers...

 

• Jul 17, 2022

• #22,692

SaparotRob

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If only.

 

• Jul 19, 2022

• #22,693

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hal bregg said:

This seems to be interesting:

1:3 (?) Bearcat model carried by B-17?.

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• Jul 19, 2022

• #22,694

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hal bregg said:

This seems to be interesting:
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1:3 (?) Bearcat model carried by B-17?.

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Close fighter support.

 

• Jul 19, 2022

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• #22,695

syscom3

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They sure were rugged!!! A B-17G of the 351st BG hit by 88mm FlaK on September 27th 1944

 

• Jul 19, 2022

• #22,696

Old Wizard

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That'll be a write off.

 

• Jul 19, 2022

• #22,697

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Old Wizard said:

That'll be a write off.

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Oh hell no,
it'll buff out!

 

• Jul 21, 2022

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• #22,698

syscom3

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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), first of her class, underway, 21 July 1937.

 

• Jul 22, 2022

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SaparotRob

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A truly beautiful ship.

 

• Jul 23, 2022

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• #22,700

syscom3

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Ground crew work on a P61. Look at the prop spinner. A nice touch.