Picture of the day.

[v2]

Soviet officers and U.S. soldiers during a friendly meeting on the Elbe River in April of 1945.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Soviets display war booty, 1943

 

[michaelmaltby]

Soviet anti-tank unit arrives in Berlin, 1945

 

[Wurger]

Moscov 1945..

 

[syscom3]

P-63 King Cobra's being prepped for delivery to Russia.
Bell factory in Buffalo, New York

 

[fastmongrel]

Malvern Avenue, Ruislip, London 1942

 

[YF12A]

A 303rd bomb group B-17 drops its eggs.

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Thank you so much for this picture. This could very well be a picture of my former neighbor piloting this bird, or at least the next best pic. Looks like a late war B-17G, no paint etc..

 

[at6]

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Last one there is a POW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GrauGeist]

Last one there is a POW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was more impressed how he was wrangling that R75 while keeping that cigarette going!

 

[v2]

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[Wurger]

Undoubtedly not an exibition of captured soviet stuff in Berlin, 1945..

 

[michaelmaltby]

Bombing casualties, London, 1943

 

[michaelmaltby]

Nijmegen Bridge

 

[syscom3]

USN aviator plotting board, 1945. Note the map indicates its for the Tokyo, Japan area.

 

[syscom3]

A20 Havocs being assembed at the Douglas plant at Long Beach, California.

 

[fastmongrel]

 

[Airframes]

Any background info on the pic in Post #11027 ?
I think the Hurricane in the pic above is one of the BBMF's aircraft, when it force-landed and burned. Since repaired, restored and flying again !

 

[v2]

The image shows an anti-aircraft installation created from an anti-tank rifle. 1941.

 

[buffnut453]

Any background info on the pic in Post #11027 ?
I think the Hurricane in the pic above is one of the BBMF's aircraft, when it force-landed and burned. Since repaired, restored and flying again !

Yep...happened at Wittering, IIRC.

 

[Glider]

The image shows an anti-aircraft installation created from an anti-tank rifle. 1941.

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Reminds me of a story I read during the Battle of Crete. One soldier with a Boyes AT rifle set himself up in the control tower that had been wrecked by the Germans, but the rookie pilots would often still strafe it and the soldier would let fly with the Boyes when they got close.

Questionable but a nice story