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[Wurger]

A6M3 Zero...

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Wurger]

A soviet Hurricane shot down in Finland , 1942 ..

 

[Wildr1]

 

[Wurger]

A crashed and captured Il-2...

 

[fastmongrel]

British soldiers of the 4th Lincolnshire Regiment at Skage after marching 90 km (56 mi) across the mountains to escape being cut off, April 1940. A Norwegian soldier is seen examining one of their rifles

 

[Wurger]

Another crashed Il-2...

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[GrauGeist]

Any back-story on that PTO pic, MM?

Looks like a serious impact to the pot (have to assume he wasn't wearing it at the time), schrapnel perhaps?

 

[Graeme]

"Kodachrome photo of a South African AF Master Mk.II being cleaned at the Waterkloof Air Force Base near Pretoria in 1943."

 

[michaelmaltby]

... no caption on the head shot ... but the round appears to have come from his left at almost 90 degrees ... there is deformation from inside. Possibly used his pot to bait a sniper ..?

 

[michaelmaltby]

Germans captured and abused before execution by the Soviet political officers, I'm guessing. This was a favorite Communist tactic to incite the Germans to brutality that the Soviets could then use to motivate their people.

 

[Wurger]

A LaGG-3 crashed in 1942..

 

[at6]

WHAT...is going on in this picture? That is a woman, correct?

No, that's Hansel Schoodel formerly known as Hans from the East German Olympic swim team.

 

[GrauGeist]

... no caption on the head shot ... but the round appears to have come from his left at almost 90 degrees ... there is deformation from inside. Possibly used his pot to bait a sniper ..?

Dunno if it was intentional or unintentional, but he's one lucky SOB that he wasn't wearing it at the time.
The bullet entry and track around the inside of the pot would have embedded his scalp with fiberglass liner and webbing!

 

[Graeme]

WHAT...is going on in this picture? That is a woman, correct?

I thought so as well Jim. But check out the left hand - looks manly to me.
That photo and others are here...

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And from there, I believe this is the same "woman"...

 

[Graeme]

Another close shave. An Italian "Alpino" in Russia pointing out a lucky escape....

 

[GrauGeist]

Yeah...I was wondering about that "woman" as well...

 

[Wurger]

A damaged Polikarpov I-16 and Hs-126...

 

[Wurger]

The another shot of damaged I-16. It seems to be the same plane seen in the pic above.