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syscom3
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I call it the Dance of Death
Picture of the day.
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I call it the Dance of Death
Flightpath
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P-47 Thunderbolt, 352FG in England...............
Looks like he named his guns after friends or family
Looks like he named his guns after friends or family
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Flightpath
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Flt Lt Htin Yain Lao was a Burmese RAFVR pilot on 257 (Burma) sqn. was the only Burmese airman in Europe. He was killed when his aircraft crashed in a snowstorm returning from an Op on 20 Jan '45.
Photo and info from Key Aero aviation forum.
Photo and info from Key Aero aviation forum.
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Just a reminder for everyone. This thread is for pictures of the WW2 years, from 1935 to 1947.
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syscom3
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B25's on Tarawa Atoll. Looks like the "H" model with the 75mm cannon.
I think that Myth Busters did a spot on the prop dicing a plane. And seriously, who can have too much Kari Byron? Am I right?
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Wildcat
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
The model built for briefing the crews of No. 140 Wing, No. 2 Group, involved in the attack on the Gestapo Headquarters in Jutland, Denmark, housed in halls of residence at Aarhus University (arrowed), on 31 October 1944.
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Excellent pics, especially yours Andy, nice shot of a Nakajima built Zero on the airfield!
Just a little bit more on the B-24 photo; I think, like wot Syscom stated, the aerial was LORAN which was fitted to a number of the RAAF B-24s, including 12 of the first 14 Aussie B-24s delivered. Also fitted with Norden bombsights, these 12 B-24s went to 24 Squadron, the first operational RAAF B-24 squadron. B-24J A72-31 in the photo first went to 24 Sqn (hence the ops markings visible on '-31's nose) before going to 7 OTU at Tocumwal, which was set up in February 1944 to receive the B-24s as the RAAF's heavy conversion unit. From the end of May 1944 it got its first B-24s and initially had six B-24s, two Vengeances and a single Airspeed Oxford. 7 OTU was to be the largest operator of RAAF Liberators; its aircraft can be distinguished by the yellow and black last digits of each aircraft's RAAF serial on their noses. Sadly, 200 of the RAAF's 287 Liberators were reduced to aluminium ingots at Tocumwal and Archerfield post war.
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fubar57
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Aircraft from 5.OTU Sqn. At Boundary Bay, B.C. Canada '45. I was unaware we had these aircraft in Canada....
Geo
Geo
Airframes
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Great pic George, and the first I've seen of the Canadian-based OTU Mitchells. The Mitchell (Grumpy) that was based at Duxford until 2009, when it went to the USA, was one of these, a MkII.
Flightpath
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Teaching young Luftwaffe pilots how to get through a B-24s defensive firepower............ looking closer it seems almost nobody is paying attention, there's probably an aircraft flying past!
Looks like they forgot to mark the ball turret's arc of fire.
Looks like they forgot to mark the ball turret's arc of fire.
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
A travelling photographic exhibition displaying photographs taken by the Army Film and Photographic Unit (AFPU), 19 February 1943. Copies could also be purchased.
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vikingBerserker
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That's so cool!
fubar57
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This 15th AF B24 is not going to return back to base.
Hi Geo, Grumpy was built as a B-25D; the RAF designated both the B-25C and 'D the Mitchell II. The next RAF variant was the Mitchell III or the B-25J. The Mitchells in the 5 OTU image are interesting as they are B-25Ds (Mitchell IIs), but they have the waist guns and improved visibility rear gunner's station of the later B-25H and J, but with the turret aft of the wing box as in the C and D models.
5 OTU was established in 1944 to train RAF pilots on the B-24, but also had B-25s, the predominant B-24 model being the Liberator VI or B-24J.
5 OTU was established in 1944 to train RAF pilots on the B-24, but also had B-25s, the predominant B-24 model being the Liberator VI or B-24J.
fubar57
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Thanks Grant. That's what was throwing me for a loop. A nightmare to model, methinks.
Geo
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