Picture of the day.

[fastmongrel]

Nakajima G8 Renzan. Not sure if this is a photo taken in Japan or a photo taken postwar in the US where one went for testing.

 

[vikingBerserker]

What a beautiful aircraft, excellent post.

 

[GrauGeist]

The original GoPro action-cam setup...on an He280 (V7 - WkNmr 0007), of all things!

 

[Lucky13]

Avro Lancaster B Mark I, R5729 'KM-A', of No 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force runs up its engines in a dispersal at Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire, before setting out on a night raid to Berlin. This veteran aircraft had taken part in more than 70 operations with the Squadron since joining it in 1942. It was finally shot down with the loss of its entire crew during a raid on Brunswick on the night of 14-15 January 1944.

 

[Wayne Little]

Damn...some excellent pics!

 

[N4521U]

I wonder what the demise of all of the U-Boats was?
What a pack ofem.

 

[GrauGeist]

They probably scrapped them.

The post-war years was probably a good time to be a metal dealer/recycler...

 

[Lucky13]

FOR SALE
U-Boat Type XXI
Only One Owner
Low Milage
Quick Deal If Paying Cash
Can Deliver
Picking Up Preferred​

 

[vikingBerserker]

It's a "Going out of Business Sale".

 

[Lucky13]

 

[A4K]

Guys...

Great pics here btw.

 

[Njaco]

A formation of Short Sunderland Mk.I flying boats of 228 Squadron, Royal Air Force, over the English Channel.

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[A4K]

Nice one Chris!

 

[Lucky13]

Avro Lancaster B Mark I, R5620 'OL-H', of No 83 Squadron RAF, leads the queue of aircraft waiting to take off from Scampton, Lincolnshire, on the 'Thousand-Bomber' raid to Bremen, Germany. R5620, flown by Pilot Officer J R Farrow and his crew, was the only aircraft to be lost by the Squadron that night.

 

[A4K]

Nice one Jan!

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Haunting...

 

[Lucky13]

The crew of a Short Stirling B Mark III of No. 622 Squadron RAF report their experiences to an intelligence officer at Mildenhall, Suffolk, after returning from the major raid on Berlin of 22/23 November 1943. 764 aircraft took part in the attack, of which 50 were Stirlings, it being the last time they were sent to Germany. Those shown are (left to right): Flight Lieutenant R D Mackay (navigator), Flying Officer G Dunbar (interrogating officer), Sergeant J Towns (rear gunner, partly hidden by Dunbar), Pilot Officer K Pollard (wireless operator), Flight Sergeant C Stevenson (second pilot, standing), Squadron Leader J Martin (captain and flight commander), Sergeant W Rigby (mid-upper gunner), Flying Officer Grainger (bomb aimer) and Sergeant H Fletching (flight engineer)

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Lucky13]