Picture of the day.

[syscom3]

Montreal, Canada, 29 April 1940. This giant Handley Page Harrow bombing plane was used by British during a series of experiments last winter to determine whether a heavy plane could land and take-off at the air base in Hatties' Camp, Newfoundland, from which it has been revealed Britain intends to fly U.S.-made bombers across the ocean to Europe. Among the first planes expected to jump off from here are several score of Lockheed Hudson bombers which were delivered by the U.S. makers to Canada.

 

[syscom3]

Imperial Japanese Army Type 97 light bomber Mitsubishi Ki-30 fly for the bombing of Zhaoqing during the Sino-Japanese War on April 29, 1940 in Canton (Guangdong), China.

 

[Acree]

Montreal, Canada, 29 April 1940. This giant Handley Page Harrow bombing plane was used by British during a series of experiments last winter to determine whether a heavy plane could land and take-off at the air base in Hatties' Camp, Newfoundland, from which it has been revealed Britain intends to fly U.S.-made bombers across the ocean to Europe. Among the first planes expected to jump off from here are several score of Lockheed Hudson bombers which were delivered by the U.S. makers to Canada.

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Interesting tidbit: this particular Harrow was owned/operated by Flight Refuelling, Ltd in airborne refuelling experiments. The Harrow was converted for use as a tanker (along with two other Harrows). The receivers were Short Empire flying boats of British Airways. There were two Harrow tankers based in Newfoundland and, when the war began, the experiments were halted, and the RCAF impressed both Harrows. Note the large windows to allow the hose operator to observe his equipment and receiver. The hose reel is in the bomb bay, but cannot be seen in this photo due to lighting.

 

[cammerjeff]

Thanks that explains the large side windows that I initially took for missing fuselage covering or panels

 

[Viking1066]

E16A1 Zuiun takes off from the aircraft carrier battleship Hyuga ALTH

 

[syscom3]

Salute! I learned something new today!

Congress honors Six Triple Eight, the Black, all-female WWII unit.

The nation's only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal
on Tuesday, decades after their efforts helped lift morale for soldiers fighting in battle. "The Six Triple Eight are great
American patriots, loyal to a nation that, for far too long, failed to return the favor," House Speaker Mike Johnson said at
Tuesday's ceremony. "And I'm glad to say that's changing, and we're doing that here today. "The 6888th Central Postal
Directory Battalion, often referred to as the Six Triple Eight, cleared a backlog of nearly 17 million pieces of mail in three
months during the war - twice as fast as expected. The women, who faced both racial and sexism during their service, were
credited with ensuring service members received letters from their loved ones. They served first in England before moving to France.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Viking1066]

Women Warriors WASP Pilots in B-17 INHG

WW Aerial Gunner Mary Howe, 4th Special Ops Squadron AC-130 INHG

Woman Warrior WASP in P-40 INHG

IDF Woman Warriors INHG

WW Soviet YAK-1 Ace Lydia Litvyak INHG

Something a little different.

 

[Viking1066]

More to follow tomorrow.

 

[Elvis]

Those are captured machines used by Finland.

See past the picture. It was just an example of the aircraft in question.

 

[Elvis]

They are. But I think in the early days of Operation Barbarossa the Nazis did destroy a number of I-153s.

Thank you.

 

[MIflyer]

TBD of the USS Lexington, on the bottom of the Coral Sea.

 

[Viking1066]

TBDs from VT-5 over the Huon Gulf, 10 March 1942 WIKI

 

[Greg Boeser]

See past the picture. It was just an example of the aircraft in question.

The fact that the Finns could field a squadron of captured I-153s should tell you just how common they were even in 1943.

 

[SaparotRob]

TBD of the USS Lexington, on the bottom of the Coral Sea.

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I want it.

 

[syscom3]

Imperial Japanese Army Type 97 heavy bomber Mitsubishi Ki-21s fly for the bombing of Xing'an Air Field during the
Sino-Japanese War on May 1, 1940 in Shansi Province, China.

 

[syscom3]

Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless (132-B-4), of Marine Scout Bomber Squadron 132 (VMSB-132), photographed by Rudy Arnold, circa 1941.

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima A1N2 type 3 'NI-236' flown by shotaicho Lt. Nogiji Ikuta IJN Kaga Shanghai February 1932 BURO

 

[Viking1066]

Israeli Police INHG

WAAF at RAF Duxford, SEPT 1940 INHG

Royal Australian Air Force INHG

US Army Signal Corps WWI INHG

Woman warrior Italian Army B1 Centauro Tank Destroyer INHG