Picture of the day. (16 Viewers)

[fastmongrel]

The Miles Hoopla. Designed in 1941 to carry a 1,000lb bomb to Germany and return. You though drone strikes were a 21st C thing

 

[fastmongrel]

 

[fubar57]

Very cool. Did a little more investigating; "Accuracy was not a major consideration as its intended target was to be German cities". Hit the right time zone....close enough.

Geo

EDIT: A bit more here...Have I found the worlds first UCAV?, page 1

 

[GrauGeist]

You though drone strikes were a 21st C thing

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/drone-warfare-40838.html

 

[fubar57]

I'm outta tracer, but it's still night...Searchlights, Gibraltar, 1942.

Geo

 

[Shinpachi]

A lot of amazing photos are posted in this thread

This is a JMSDF flying boat US-2 manufactured by Shin-Meiwa (old Kawanishi Aircraft) dated April 28, 2015 offshore Kohchi Prefecture.
Sorry this is not ww2 photo but looked like a flashback of the day.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Wow! Did they survive?

 

[Shinpachi]

Wow! Did they survive?

Thanks for your care, Capt. Vick
5 out of 19 injured but no dead fortunately.

 

[fubar57]

Bomb exploding on the Enterprise...

Story of the photo here...Japanese Bomb Impacts USS Enterprise (CV-6) During Battle of the Eastern Solomons | The World War II Multimedia Database The bomb was dropped by a Japanese Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bomber piloted by Kazumi Horie who died in the attack.

Geo

 

[GrauGeist]

The Enterprise sure took a beating that day

 

[Capt. Vick]

Thanks for your care, Capt. Vick
5 out of 19 injured but no dead fortunately.

Good to know. In the end that's all that matters.

 

[Wildcat]

Wirraway flying a ground support mission over New Guinea.

 

[yulzari]

I'm outta tracer, but it's still night...Searchlights, Gibraltar, 1942.

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Geo

On the lookout for French Air Force bombers

 

[Wurger]

The B-25 Mitchell bowing....

 

[fastmongrel]

Experimental SP Gun a 5.5inch mounted on a Crusader chassis

 

[fubar57]

Nice!

Geo

 

[rochie]

Looks like a giant version of the wheelbarrow

 

[GrauGeist]

German SP gun crew in action, France, 1940.

 

[Airframes]

Looks like a giant version of the wheelbarrow

Exactly what I thought too. ( BTW, The 'Wheelbarrow' was a device used by Bomb Disposal, for dealing with car bombs in Northern Ireland, and is still used.)
Dave, that's a great shot, and is a 'still' from early WW2 cine film, seen in B&W and later colourised.

 

[fubar57]

Factory lay-out of the P-51B...

Geo