Picture of the day. (14 Viewers)

[Wayne Little]

Oh I believe it! That and a corp of kitted-out kangaroos and a few killer koalas!

Drop Bears mate...Drop Bears...

 

[michaelmaltby]

Practice makes perfect ... Spain, 1939

 

[Lucky13]

Gentlemen,

If you're gonna compare sizes, you could always compare amount of bombs dropped by each type....Lancaster could carry the heaviest load (22.000 lbs) with the B-29 later reaching 20.000 lbs. etc., etc...

 

[GingahNinja]

..... are you talkin' to me ....?

Looks like President Putin's grandfather...same angry look too lol

 

[Lucky13]

U.S. cruisers firing on Japanese ships during the Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 October 1944. The photo was taken from USS Columbia (CL-56), which was the last in a line of the following cruisers: USS Louisville (CA-28.), USS Portland (CA-33), USS Minneapolis (CA-36), USS Denver (CL-58.), and Columbia.

 

[Flightpath]

I have always pitted the Lanc's bomb load against the B-17 and B-24.

Then there's the fantastic Mossie, they should have stopped making all four engined bombers in the UK and only built the Mosquito, just think of the lower aircraft/crew losses and greater amount of bombs on target............ but then the greenies would have been up-in-arms about the loss of trees

Just a lovely aircraft!

-John

 

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[Gnomey]

Interesting shots guys!

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Aside from the Lanc, none of the other two achieved nothing.

Care to comment on the 18000 B24's that were produced?

Well, the double negative would indicate both the Halifax and Stirling achieved a lot.


Yes I would care to comment on 18,000 B-24s. That's a lot of B-24's.


Cheers,

Jeff

 

[syscom3]

"Heres Howe" leaves Rabaul on Nov 2nd 1943. A few weeks later, this same plane was shot down by friendly fire with the loss of the whole crew.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Well, the double negative would indicate both the Halifax and Stirling achieved a lot.


Yes I would care to comment on 18,000 B-24s. That's a lot of B-24's.


Cheers,

Jeff

Perhaps its the natural smart a** in me, but that was funny.

 

[Njaco]

RAF Women's Auxillary making maps. 1943

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[michaelmaltby]

Victory Lap .... Birchensgarden. May 1945

Sorry Njaco, , I hadn't seen your "On the Deck" post, my source was/is:

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/world-war-ii-the-fall-of-nazi-germany/100166/

 

[fubar57]

Now that is a really cool photo Mr. Maltby.

Geo

 

[Njaco]

Grab that from my "On the Deck" thread, did we?

 

[Lucky13]

Perhaps its the natural smart a** in me, but that was funny.

Noooo, reeaaallllyyyyy, you....an smartass, who would have thought that!? I'm, I'm....I'm stunned!

 

[Wildcat]

Australian built Beaufighter over Melbourne.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Allied POWs, slaves, liberated in Japan, 1945

 

[N4521U]

Too bad the old furry lipped fart couldn't see the Jug fly over his cabin!

 

[Flightpath]

Another Mossie, this time RAAF in the pacific......

Mosquito FB.Mk.VI (A52-526) No. 1 Squadron RAAF, photographed at Pitoe Strip, Morotai Island.