Picture of the day. (18 Viewers)

[michaelmaltby]

... just sold at auction,

Dam-busters Raid mission list .... ticks indicate aircraft and crew that came home safely

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

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Jaysus, they're not messing around. Looks like one took a hit top right or is that gunsmoke

 

[michaelmaltby]

.... there's a story in that sub shot, I bet

 

[fubar57]

James (Jimmy) Stewart receiving the Criox de Guerre with Palm from the French, 1944.

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[Airframes]

I think it's RP trails, or maybe cannon smoke, in the Beaufighter pic. Got a larger version of it in one of my books, and it doesn't mention any damage to the attacking aircraft.

 

[v2]

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[michaelmaltby]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Crimea_River]

Jaysus, they're not messing around. Looks like one took a hit top right or is that gunsmoke

The below caption by Dave O'Malley of Vintage Wings of Canada accompanied the picture.

"Like some scene from a Great War moviewith far too many aircraft in view to be real, this image of Coastal Command Bristol Beaufighters swarming a minesweeper escort to a German convoy off the coast of Holland is very real indeed. The "Beaus", from a number of different squadrons including 124 and 254 RAF, 455 Royal Australian Air Force and 489 Royal New Zealand Air Force, use rocket projectiles (note smoke trails) and cannons. There are no fewer than 13 Beaufighters trying to hit the M-Class minesweeper while avoiding hitting each other."

In my opinion, it is cannon smoke as the tactic commonly used was to fire cannons to site the target and then shoot the R/P's.

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

.... battle of Moscow

 

[Wurger]

Abandoned Soviet truck GAZ-AA 1941...