Picture of the day.

[vikingBerserker]

I think Italian camo is 2nd to only the Swedish Splinter camo in beauty.

 

[syscom3]

Soldiers from 3D Battalion, 126TH Infantry, 32nd Inf Div, descending a hill as they head toward Santa Fe, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 1 June 1945.

 

[Wildcat]

P-40N Kittyhawk of No.120(NEI)sqn RAAF prepares for another ground support mission from Biak Island, 1945. 120 sqn was a combined Dutch/Australian fighter squadron formed in late 43.

 

[Wayne Little]

Sweet pics fellas...

 

[Airframes]

Jan, old chap, the Spitfire colour pic is a promotional shot, possibly from 'Piece of Cake' in the late 1980's, or perhaps a studio still, pre-production, from the BoB movie of 1969. Could even be, Bossman forbid, from 'Pearl Harbour' - but looks far too authentic for that waste of Estar base film material!

 

[Lucky13]

Hmmmmm......I just noticed that three closest Spitfires have three different guns whatyacallit, with the third having cannons, they also have different exhausts.....

I think that I might just replace it....

Sorry lads!

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Airframes]

Hmmmmm......I just noticed that three closest Spitfires have three different guns whatyacallit, with the third having cannons, they also have different exhausts.....

I think that I might just replace it....

Sorry lads!

Yep, three MkIX/XVI's and a MkV, painted up to look like BoB period MkI's. They look as if they could be from the BoB movie, although all the Spits had cannon removed if fitted, so could be from Piece of Cake.

 

[Njaco]

Fw 190 fighter of the Luftwaffe Kühlmey detachment being maintained at Immola, Finland 2 July 1944. In the background a formation of Stukas returning from a mission in the Ihantala area.

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[syscom3]

During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a possible Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.

 

[Wildcat]

23 squadron Wirraways.

 

[fastmongrel]

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Wayne Little]

excellent love the Lockheed Camo Job!

 

[syscom3]

The HMS Barham blows up on 25 November 1941. Sunk by the German submarine U-331.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Syscom, there is a video of that on YouTube. Very humbling. I saw it back a few months ago.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Great pics of Italian aircraft.

 

[GrauGeist]

That second-to-last pic of Jan's (post #1073) is a good shot of the G.55

 

[Lucky13]

Bl**dy beautiful birds the '55, '205 and '2005.....