Picture of the day.

[johnbr]

Italian technicians are engaged in debugging the Fiat A.74 RC.38 engine of the Fiat G.50 "Freccia" fighter from the 20th Fighter Group at the Belgian airfield.
The fighter in the background is the plane of the commander of the group, Major Mario Bonzano.
http://albumwar2.com/italian-techni...g-50-freccia-fighter-at-the-belgian-airfield/

 

[johnbr]

Japanese battleship Hiei, class "Congo", at sunset in the waters of Bay of Saeki in October 1941.
The deployed main-caliber turrets, armed with 356-mm cannons, testify to the training of their teams. In December 1941, the battleship Hiei along with the same type of "Kirishima" will participate in the cover of the carrier unit, struck at Pearl Harbor.

 

[johnbr]

Japanese pilot Satoshi Anabuki against the background of the fighter Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa. 1943.

Satoshi Anabuki – Member of the Pacific War from the first day (December 7, 1941, the first raid on the Philippines). During the war, Satoshi Anabuki scored 39 confirmed air victories.

 

[michaelmaltby]

festung breslau30

 

[v2]

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[Wurger]

A damaged Yak-9D of the 148th GIAP..

the pic source: the net.

 

[michaelmaltby]

festung breslau31

 

[fastmongrel]

Balham Tube station London
At 20:02 on 14 October 1940, a 1400 kg semi-armour piercing fragmentation bomb fell on the road above the northern end of the platform tunnels, creating a large crater into which a double decker bus then crashed, although no one aboard was killed . The dramatic spectacle of the trapped bus was to become emblematic of the dangers of the Blitz, a series of pictures of it appeared in publications around the world.

The northbound platform tunnel partially collapsed and was filled with earth and water from the fractured water mains and sewers above, which also flowed through the cross-passages into the southbound platform tunnel, with the flooding and debris reaching to within 91 meters of Clapham South. Water-tight doors designed to keep such floods out instead kept this one in. The lights fused, adding to the chaos. The station was a scene of panic, and though more than 400 managed to escape, 65 or by some account 68 people died in the disaster, most of them drowning.

Balham tube station after a German air raid, 1940

 

[michaelmaltby]

Bundesarchive photos 1933 - 1945

 

[Wurger]

Bundesarchive photos 1933 - 1945

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

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Nice shot of a Mustang Mk 1. I assume this is after they deployed to France following the Normandy invasion.

I believe this is a Apache, note the gun under the nose and the two landing lights on the left wing.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

The USS Shaw was a destroyer. This photo is of USS Arizona.

The last photo is of the USS Shaw exploding.

I had my head up my butt. Sorry.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Caption - "P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane in construction, North American Aviation, Inc., Los Angeles, California."

Photo Source: U.S. Library of Congress

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A Mark IA Mustang. Note the 20mm cannon ports on the wings. Two per side.

 

[Smokey Stover]

Bundesarchive photos 1933 - 1945

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Those 335's were huge! Talk about a massive fighter....

 

[Wurger]

The front section of the USS Shaw explodes after an air raid on the Hawaiian port of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.View attachment 499705

The USS Arizona sinks following the surprise attack.View attachment 499707

I had my head up my butt. Sorry.

I think the reason for misleading are the captions of both shots. Just Johnbr has swapped them. The first image shows the USS Arizona indeed while the second one presents the moment the USS Shaw exploded. Here another shot of the USS Shaw exploding and her appearance after the attack.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thank you for clearing that up Wurger. Much appreciated sir.

 

[Wurger]

Oh you have edited your post while I was writting my one. No problemo.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Bundesarchive photos 1933 -1945
The photo caption reads: Execution of Sovoet Partisn

 

[michaelmaltby]

Bundesarchive photos 1933 - 1945