Picture of the day. (1 Viewer)

[michaelmaltby]

.... what is the significance of identifying AC as 'red' or 'white' ###s ... are the red numbers associated with 'Guards' units?

 

[v2]

…

 

[Wurger]

.... what is the significance of identifying AC as 'red' or 'white' ###s ... are the red numbers associated with 'Guards' units?

Nope. The red colour of numbers isn't the determinant of belonging to a guard unit. This was indicated with the Guard emblem on fuselage usually and yellow or white stripes on the tail mostly.

 

[Wayne Little]

Magazine loading is a cool shot, not something you would see normally.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Too bad half have the bullet on the wrong end.

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[buffnut453]

I say, old chap! Do you know your aerial's gone a bit wonky? Brewer's droop, eh?

 

[v2]

...

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Wurger]

An abandoned and damaged I-15 bis inspected by Germans.

 

[michaelmaltby]

covering a surrender

 

[Smokey Stover]

P-47 Thunderbolt piloted by Captain Raymond M. Walsh of the 406th Fighter Group is silhouetted against the exploding ammunition truck he just strafed, France, 23 June 1944. The image was taken by his wingman's gun camera in the following P-47. I have seen differing dates for this incident, one from early 1945. So if anyone knows different feel free to correct me

 

[v2]

…

 

[Smokey Stover]

.... what is the significance of identifying AC as 'red' or 'white' ###s ... are the red numbers associated with 'Guards' units?

The Russian Red Banner units were made up of very experienced + ace pilots. They were part off their own specialist unit and painted a red circle around the aircraft nose cowling. But this wasnt until later in the war, aroun mid 43 onwards.

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Did #11613 survive that?

 

[Wurger]

 

[GrauGeist]

The Hawker Hotspur, a 2/seat turret fighter submitted to the Air Ministry's Specification F.9/35 but lost the bid to the Boulton Paul Defiant.

(Edit: posted wrong photo, corrected the issue)

 

[buffnut453]

The Hawker Hotspur, a 2/seat turret fighter submitted to the Air Ministry's Specification F.9/35 but lost the bid to the Boulton Paul Defiant.

View attachment 496509

'Fraid that's a Blackburn Roc and it served in the FAA. It was not a competitor to the Defiant. The Hawker Hotspur was a modified Hawker Henley. The Roc was a (major) adaptation of the Blackburn Skua fighter/dive-bomber.

 

[michaelmaltby]