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A Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson Mk VI (AE626) aircraft of the Middle East Communications Flight flying over the pyramids.

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Pilots and ground crew of No. 4 (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron RAAF beside a CAC Boomerang named `On the Job'. Nadzab, New Guinea. 5 October 1943

 
fastmongrel said:
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During World War II, it was reformed in 1941, from No. 1419 Flight, as No. 138 (Special Duties) Squadron. It was based initially at RAF Stradishall, then at RAF Tempsford, and was tasked with dropping agents and equipment of the Special Operations Executive inside occupied territory. Between 1 April 1943 and November of 1943 it included Polish Special Duties Flight, as a Flight C. It carried out this role until March 1945 when it was reassigned to Bomber Command, operating under No. 3 Group. It was disbanded on 1 September 1950.

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The term "ground fire" takes on a whole new meaning at the airbase of the 340BG when over 78 aircraft, mostly B-25 bombers, where destroyed on the ground in March of 1944.

Their attacker? The only thing that the Roman Empire actually feared: Mount Vesuvius.

This B-25 shows the effects of the hot ash and pumice that rained down on it, tipping it onto it's tail, buckling surfaces, burning fabric and melting plexiglass. And the airfield's name? Pompeii, of course

 
GingahNinja said:
P-38 Recon plane shot down over Greenland.
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No one was shot down, she (and the entire flight) set down due to deteriorating weather conditions.

Glacier Girl, 5 other P-38s and 2 B-17s landed safely and all the crewmembers were rescued. Glacier Girl was the only aircraft recovered "intact". The other planes are either still lost (buried and drifting in the icepack) or in unsalvagable condition.
 

Thanks Grau. I must've misread the article. I edited my post so to be accurate.
 
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