Picture of the day.

[syscom3]

B-17 Flying Fortresses from the 398th Bombardment Group fly a bombing run to Neumunster, Germany, on April 13, 1945, less than one month before the German surrender on May 8.

 

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A-26 Invaders of the 386th BG are enroute to bomb enemy installations somewhere in Germany on April 20th 1945.

The air war in Europe was coming to a close around this date.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots sys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

Husband and wife ISU-122 crew. Guards Lt. Vera Orlova in command, while Guards Lt. Nikolai Orlov is the driver.

 

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[fastmongrel]

A 3-inch mortar crew from the Queens's Own Royal West Kents in action, Tunisia 31 January 1943.

 

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[oldcrowcv63]

Thanks for the show Sys! great photos!

 

[Wayne Little]

Great pics...!

 

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[Wurger]

The soviet D-3 submarine.. the Polarnoye base.

 

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[fastmongrel]

Royal Navy submarine HMS Tally-Ho in dock Columbo 1944 after a Japanese patrol boats propellor sliced open the port ballast tank

 

[Prop Duster]

Thank You for the pictures; So much history.
Great job.

 

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent finds folks. Thank you for sharing! Please keep them coming.

 

[Wurger]

The russian submarine D-3 at Polarnoye 1941/ 1942 ..

 

[ARTESH]

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sorry. I forgot to name ppl in the photo.
It shows a group of Iranian Generals on 1st of Farvardin 1317 (21st Mar. 1939)
from left to right:

Sarlashgar Mohtashami, Sartip Amidi, Sarlashgar Iraj Matbooiee, Sartip Ahmad Nakhjavan (Air force), Sarlashgar Hadi Atabay (chief of Military Medicine college), Sartip Hasan Meymanad, Sarlashgar Ahmad Moini, Sartip Fazlollah Zahedi, Sartip Ali Asqar Naqdi, Sartip Abdolreza Afkhami.

Sarlashgar = Major General / 2 star General.
Sartip = Brigadier / Brigadier General / 1 star General.