Picture of the day.

[vikingBerserker]

Those are great shots of the BBs at Pearl Harbor.

 

[Wurger]

Hungarian unit in Russia, Vorozhba, 1943 ...

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Robert Porter]

Gotta take the "date-night" cars with you to the front.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Here is the video. Not for the squeamish. Just a word of warning.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMWz10jaK0g

 

[Capt. Vick]

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

sniper .... face paint, Normandy, 1944

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Robert Porter]

Th

View attachment 381220

This was taken in Eindhoven Netherlands during the early stages of Market Garden. Unfortunately the celebration was shortlived as the operation failed rather spectacularly.

 

[syscom3]

B-24 Liberators of the 464th BF/15th Air Force bombing Vienna, March 1945

 

[syscom3]

January 1943: While on a bombing run over Salamau, New Guinea, before its capture by Allied forces, photographer Sgt. John A. Boiteau aboard an army Liberator took this photograph of a B-24 Liberator during World War II. Bomb bursts can be seen below in lower left and a ship at upper right along the beach.

 

[syscom3]

If you ever own an A-20 and needed to know how to ditch it.

 

[syscom3]

I had never seen this picture before. Those B-24's certeinly were flamers.

B-24 41-28853, 465th Bomb Group, 15th AF, victim of flak, 20 Nov 1944. Ship exploded. On board was the Group commander, Colonel Clarence Lokker. Amazingly, six of the crew survived, including Lokker, Co-Pilot Duckworth and second Bombardier (included in lead crew). Navigator Capt Kutger, grabbed his chute before the explosion and managed to clip it on while falling! One gunner and the Flight Engineer also survived. The rest of the crew perished. Colonel Lokker was shot and killed after trying to escape.

 

[syscom3]

A B-25 Mitchell from the 405th Bomb Squadron, "Green Dragons", 38th Bomb Group, 5th Air Force

 

[syscom3]

A Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver after a crash landing on the deck of the USS Shangri-La. Sadly, the rear gunner's body can be seen to the right of the aircraft.

 

[syscom3]

B-24D 42-41142, "THUNDERBIRD II", 308th/375th Chengkung, China 1 Apr 44, the result of a runaway propeller, on takeoff, that cut into the flight deck. The Pilot, John Z. McBrayer, lost his left leg.

 

[syscom3]

aisei Maru during low level attack by B-25D Mitchell strafers
B-25D-1 "Feather Merchant #2" 41-30246 over Taisei Maru inside Victoria Bay off western Kairuru Island. The photo was taken from the side window of B-25D-1 "Hell's Fire" 41-30278 and is one of several taken that day of 90th SQ strafers conducting attacks in that area.


On April 6, 1943 at 1630, convoy "Hansa No. 28" departs Palau for Hansa Bay. It includes: subchaers CH-26 and CH-34 destroyers Tanikaze and Amatsukaze plus transports Teiryu Maru, India Maru, Toho Maru, Sydney Maru, Taisei Maru and Taiyu Maru.

On April 12, the convoy arrives at Hansa Bay and is attacked, and the Sydney Maru is lost. The next day at 0900 the remaining convoy depart Hansa Bay. The convoy splits, with Teiryu Maru, Toho Maru and Amatsukaze and CH-34 proceed back to Palau, arriving April 18, 1943.

The other ships CH-26, TANIKAZE and Taisei Maru and Taiyu Maru proceeded to Wewak to unload their remaining supplies on April 14. The next day while underway to Palau, the India Maru is sunk. The remainder of the convoy reaches Palau on April 20.

On September 19, 1943 "Wewak No. 9" convoy departs Palau consisting of Taisei Maru, Aden Maru and Yasukuni Maru escorted by subchaser CH-26 and CH-32. On September 23, 1943 the convoy arrives at Wewak and begin unloading cargo. The subchaser escorts depart on the 24th for Palau.

Victoria Bay is a short distance west of Wewak, amongst some islands.