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[Viking1066]

USAF B-24D Liberators in formation, early 1943 the net

 

[YavorD]

Hawker Typhoon nearing completion in Gloster's Hucclecote or Stoke Orchard factory in 1943 the net
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A good picture indeed. However, the Typhoon in question looks a bit worn out - not a factory fresh example. Most probably a repair facility.

 

[Airframes]

Looks new and unfinished, like the ones on the production line behind.

 

[YavorD]

Looks new and unfinished, like the ones on the production line behind.

Unfinished yes, hardly new. One can look at the circular coolant tank around the propeller shaft. Stains and dents are clearly evident. Engine cowling panel attachment points are worn out too. The radiator is not new either.

 

[c1951]

Testing the radio on a Lysander the net
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Strange roundel and codes

 

[Wurger]

Strange roundel and codes

And again the AI really botched the coloring job. Just the next example of the idiocy of this artificial spawn.

The Westland Lysander belonged to the no. 755 NAS FAA, a Telegraphist Air Gunner Training unit coded 6W. Hence the strange looking unit code.

the pic source: the net.

 

[special ed]

Unfinished yes, hardly new. One can look at the circular coolant tank around the propeller shaft. Stains and dents are clearly evident. Engine cowling panel attachment points are worn out too. The radiator is not new either.

Perhaps they build them worn out.

 

[andy1967]

 

[Viking1066]

US Navy Scouting Squadron 44 (VS-44) OS2U Kingfisher over Caribbean Sea circa July 1943 the net

 

[Viking1066]

USN Brewster Buffalo over NAS Miami 2 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Vought O2U-2 Corsair of VS-14M the net

 

[c1951]

Testing the radio on a Lysander the net
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Sturtivant doth say Lysander TT.IIIa V9574 From July 1941 to Oct. 1944 possibly Worthy Down

 

[c1951]

USN Brewster Buffalo over NAS Miami 2 the net
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I say old boy that looks like Jo Clifton in the cockpit

 

[Viking1066]

Fairey Fulmar Mark Is of No. 803 Squadron on the flight deck of HMS Formidable, after the Battle of Matapan, March 1941 the net

 

[Viking1066]

Halifax A Mark VII glider tugs attached to various General Aircraft Hamilcars via tow ropes of No. 298 Squadron and No. 644 Squadron, at RAF Woodbridge the net

 

[Viking1066]

Modified Avro Lancaster Mark I, PD328 "Aries", on the ground at Shawbury, Shropshire the net

 

[Viking1066]

Painters at work in the paint shop of the Handley Page's Cricklewood factory, 1942 the net

 

[syscom3]

Fw 200 C-3/U2 W.Nr. 0043 'F8+AB', Stab I./KG 40, Bordeaux-Mérignac, Autumn 1940. This is the plane,
piloted by Hptm Fritz Fliegel, that will be lost on 18 July 1941.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Modified Avro Lancaster Mark I, PD328 "Aries", on the ground at Shawbury, Shropshire the net
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A prototype for the Lancastrian nose?

 

[Viking1066]

A prototype for the Lancastrian nose?

It was fitted with streamlined Lancastrian-style metal fairings in the nose and tail, replacing the standard gun turrets to reduce drag.