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[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Graeme]

According to the caption - Russians using their dead as stepping planks...

 

[fubar57]

Nasty

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Crimea_River]

 

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[Wurger]

 

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[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Robert Porter]

During the 1948 War for Independence of Israel, the nascent Israeli Air Force flew Chezck made Me109's later in the war they operated numerous other planes including former RAF Spitfires. Egypt was operating Spitfires as well. In fact in early 1949 Israeli pilots flying Spitfires mistakenly shot down British piloted Spitfires from a recon squadron thinking they were Egyptian. At the time the Israeli pilots were also in Spitfires. Info here: Spitfire vs. Spitfire: Aerial Combat in Israel's War of Independence | HistoryNet

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Wurger]

The soviet naval base Polarny 1943 ...

 

[buffnut453]

Catalina AH545 'WQ-Z' - the aircraft that found the Bismarck:

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[Old Wizard]

 

[Wurger]

 

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[Shinpachi]