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• Nov 11, 2025

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Fiat BR.20M MM.22267 of 242a Squadriglia on the airfield. This plane was shot down on 11
November 1940.

 

• Nov 11, 2025

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Three British Spitfire Vb fighters almost camouflaged in flight over Djerba Island, Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia, early 1943. WWAI
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IMHO the above photo is manipulated/colorized and put under some kind of sepia filter. The desert colours should be different, methinks. The original photo I know is b&w - see below.

 

• Nov 12, 2025

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Delivered to the USAAF as C-45F 44-86946 in 1945. Civilianised as C18S NC9729H in 1946. To N9729H in 1947 AIRH

 

• Nov 12, 2025

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Fireflies are shown on the deck of Implacable during one of the 1944 strikes against the Norwegian coast. The aircraft in the background are Barracuda torpedo dive bombers HERF

 

• Nov 12, 2025

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Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-12 landing on the CV 3 USS Saratoga 1943 ASBIZ

 

• Nov 12, 2025

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These Rocs are from 759 NAS; they are shown over RNAS Eastleigh in 1940 HERF

 

• Nov 13, 2025

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Canada 1940s INHG

 

• Nov 13, 2025

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Close-up showing the emblem of the 39th Pursuit Squadron on the "car door", along with details of the fuselage INHG

 

• Nov 13, 2025

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Formation of Fairey Albacores on a training flight off Mombasa 25 May 1942 DEST

 

• Nov 14, 2025

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Corsairs and Avengers on HMS Victorious preparing for a strike 1945 SAFO

 

• Nov 14, 2025

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F4B-4 from VF-3B from USS Ranger during 1936 WBOD

 

• Nov 14, 2025

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USS Long Island (AVG-1) (upper center) Underway in company with the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31), in the left front, off Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, in August 1941 LASS

 

• Nov 14, 2025

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Imperial Japanese Army Type 97 heavy bomber Mitsubishi Ki-21 fly for the bombing of Deqin County during the Sino-Japanese
War on November 14, 1940 in Guangdong Province, China.

 

• Nov 14, 2025

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Good shots!

 

• Nov 15, 2025

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Seagulls from the USS Louisville in formation over Sydney during a goodwill visit. The ship's full complement was four aircraft 1938 AIRH

 

• Nov 15, 2025

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Hamilton Field, July 1943 showing a P-39N of the 357th Fighter Group. Several Liberators and a Flying Fortress are visible in the background INHG

 

• Nov 15, 2025

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General Motors TBM-3R Avenger Kure AIRH

 

• Nov 15, 2025

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Viking1066 said:

General Motors TBM-3R Avenger Kure AIRH
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I never expected to see a TBM in this livery!

 

• Nov 15, 2025

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SaparotRob said:

I never expected to see a TBM in this livery!

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There is a model. I have looked at them and they are pricey of course.

 

• Nov 15, 2025

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Japan operated them post war