Picture of the day.

[vikingBerserker]

Great pics, the Russian one is really moving.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Njaco]

Avro Anson Mark 1, DJ104 'XF-K', and Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V, N1369 'UO-U', both of No. 19 Operational Training Unit, after a night flying accident at Kinloss, Morayshire, on 19 October 1943, during which the Anson pilot mistook the airfield controller's signal and landed on top of the Whitley as the latter was starting to take off. Neither crew was injured and, although the Whitley was written off, the Anson was repaired and flew again.

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

WOW!!!!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Not only is that amazing, but it really shows you how sturdy the Whitley was.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Holy cow, the Anson/Whitley shot is amazing. I also find the Russian shot very moving, I salute each one of them.

 

[Airframes]

And nine months later, a lovely little Lancaster was born .................

 

[Lucky13]

I always thought that Lancaster was the offspring of the Halifax and Stirling!

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Flightpath]

RAAF Spitfire Mk VIII A58-303 in may 1944

 

[Njaco]

The last Hurricane built by the Hawker Aircraft Company, Mark IIC, PZ865 "The Last of the Many", decorated with banners and pennants on its completion at Langley, Berkshire. PZ865 was bought off the original Ministry of Aircraft Production contract by Hawkers and was retained as a communications and test aircraft. After the war it was placed on the civil register as G-AMAU and participated in a number of air races and displays before undergoing a complete overhaul in 1972, and presentation to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, with whom it continues to fly.

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[syscom3]

The railyard at Freiburg, Germany got worked over. German work crews got the tracks back working fairly quickly. But the damage to the rolling stock magnified the logistical problems that Germany was facing.

 

[vikingBerserker]

It's always amazed me how quickly stuff would be repaired during the war.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[michaelmaltby]

"...It's always amazed me how quickly stuff would be repaired during the war."

Super-human effort .... matter of fact

 

[Wayne Little]

wow...some.... damn fine shots

 

[Milosh]

This photo was posted earlier.

 

[Lucky13]

Right, ok, another one then....

 

[Crimea_River]

"...It's always amazed me how quickly stuff would be repaired during the war."

Super-human effort .... matter of fact

Amazing what you can do at gunpoint.

 

[syscom3]

One of the most brutal pictures of the loss of innocence in war. Multiply this by 10's of millions of times, for what the Nazi's were responsible for.

"Kazimiera Mika, a ten-year-old Polish girl, mourns the death of her older sister, who was killed in a field near Jana Ostroroga Street in Warsaw during a German air raid by the Luftwaffe.

"While I was photographing the bodies, a little ten-year old girl came running up and stood transfixed by one of the dead. The woman was her older sister. The child had never before seen death and couldn't understand why her sister would not speak to her…

The child looked at us in bewilderment. I threw my arm about her and held her tightly, trying to comfort her. She cried. So did I and the two Polish officers who were with me…"