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[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Airframes]

Interesting shot under the Heinkel in Post # 10541.
Note the 'Windgitter' shutters in the front of the bomb bays, and the 'pipe' whistles on the fins of the bombs.

 

[fubar57]

Great shots. Beautiful job refinishing the photo

 

[Gnomey]

Good shot sys!

 

[syscom3]

Flak damage to a P-47.

358 Fighter Group, 367 Fighter Squadron, 9th AF.

 

[Wurger]

 

[v2]

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Pilots looks to be injured in that last photo also.

 

[syscom3]

Pilots looks to be injured in that last photo also.

He was. Shrapnel in the legs.

 

[fubar57]

Almost looks unflyable.

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[rudolph1951]

Children having fun

 

[Wildr1]

Nice Anson, you do not usually see the cargo doors open.

 

[rudolph1951]

It is not a Avro Anson - it is a Airspeed Oxford.

 

[syscom3]

B24's of the 5th BG on an unidentified Pacific airstrip. Possible the summer of 1944.

 

[syscom3]

Hellcats, Avengers and Helldivers warming up for the mornings mission. USS Intrepid.

 

[Wildr1]

It is not a Avro Anson - it is a Airspeed Oxford.

Yes I stand corrected.

 

[flypaper2222]

In his book "Patton- A Genius for War" Carlo D'Este details Patton's extreme dislike for Bill Mauldin and his "Willie and Joe" G.I. characters, rather disheveled and unshaven, M-1"s not doubt in need of a cleaning as well. This was a serious affront to Patton's insistence on having "spit and polished" troops under his command, even in actual combat conditions. There is a sound reason for shaving, even in a battlefield scenario, as a wound in the face could be compounded with a beard, making the Medics and later, Surgeon's job more difficult. If Patton had his way, Mauldin's cartoons would never have been printed in "Yank",..