Picture of the day. (18 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

Kyushu K11W WIKI

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima B5N2 'Yo-352' Yokosuka Ku 1942 WIVE

 

[SaparotRob]

Kyushu K11W WIKI
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With my tin foil hat firmly affixed, that is a copy of the NA O-47B. You were all thinking it.

 

[MiTasol]

Yep - perfect copy made shorter and lower to fit the smaller Japanese crew and powered by an engine half the horsepower that could only swing a two blade prop so they left off the retractable landing gear.

 

[Wurger]

Let's hide this in the shed. It might come in handy later. Normandie, France 1944.

the source: Rozbita niemiecka Pantera, kocioł Falaise, Francja

 

[Lancero99]

Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate Army Type 4 fighter (Frank) having its engine started by a Hucks Starter Truck

 

[Viking1066]

Pilot poses in of 111 Kyoiku Hikorentai tail of a Ki-27 KEGO

 

[Viking1066]

Ki-27bs of 14 Kyoiku Hikotai 1944 KEGO

 

[GTX]

Aerial view of HMS Malaya, 4 September 1941.

 

[GTX]

 

[MIflyer]

At first glance, I thought it was in flight and that the crew member on the wing was engaged in some crazy semaphore exercise.

My HS Physics teacher once swapped places with the guy in the rear gunner's seat while flying a USN floatplane launched from the USS Texas. Problem was, a crewmen on the ship noticed it when they got back. Of course, they both denied it; such in-flight gymnastic prowess may have been admirable but certainly would not be career enhancing.

 

[MIflyer]

Let's hide this in the shed. It might come in handy later. Normandie, France 1944.

Supposedly that did happen; it was put in the basement.

 

[Viking1066]

The USS Saratoga (CV-3) transiting the Panama Canal around 1930 PICR

 

[Viking1066]

USS New Jersey (BB-62) at the Gaillard Cut Panama Canal April 1984 REDD

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Greg Boeser]

USS New Jersey (BB-62) at the Gaillard Cut Panama Canal April 1984 REDD
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Put that one in diorama ideas.

 

[Warspite63]

Supposedly that did happen; it was put in the basement.

That was in Germany, right? Great story, either way

OK, I googled it:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XIkZgCJZCs
It's an interesting story, particularly the bit about it being a post-war vehicle, built from parts under British supervision for testing purposes

 

[MIflyer]

That was in Germany, right? Great story, either way

Yep. I always wondered how they got it out of the basement.

It turns out that when the US Army captured Panzers during the drive through France they fixed the repairable ones and gave them to the French Resistance to keep the pockets of German holdouts entertained. The French also did that with captured Ju88's.

 

[Viking1066]

Prototype type 93 K5Y1 1934 ALTH

 

[MIflyer]

US Army L-4 launching from USS Ranger during Operation Torch, piloted by Capt Ford A. Alcorn. Alcorn was shot down by Vichy French AAA on one of his missions and wounded.