Picture of the day.

[GrauGeist]

Gloster Gladiators of a Latvian Army Aviation Regiment

 

[Glider]

Ice forming on the forecastle and 'A' and 'B' turrets of HMS BELFAST, November 1943.

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The seas in the North can be very strong. One of the Town Cruisers had the top armour of I think 'A Turret', ripped off by the power of the storm. How people survived in the small escorts I dread to think

 

[Lucky13]

What are those? Finish hawks?

I think so.....

H/Captain Robert Seaborn, Chaplain of the 1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment, giving absolution to an unidentified soldier of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division near Caen, France, 15 July 1944.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

 

[fastmongrel]

The seas in the North can be very strong. One of the Town Cruisers had the top armour of I think 'A Turret', ripped off by the power of the storm. How people survived in the small escorts I dread to think

A carrier (Escort type I think) had its flight deck peeled back like the lid of a Sardine can on a Russian Convoy.

 

[Crimea_River]

Gloster Gladiators of a Latvian Army Aviation Regiment.....

Very cool. Don't see that every day.

 

[GrauGeist]

Very cool. Don't see that every day.

Sadly the Latvian Aviation Regiments (and the rest of the country) was carved up by the Soviets and the Germans before they had a chance...so anything Latvian after 1939 doesn't exist...


A Mitsubishi L3Y Type 96

 

[fastmongrel]

An M4A4 Sherman V "Crab" Flail clearing a road through wire fence, during a pre D-Day training exercise. March 1944.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That is a pic I've never seen, very cool!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Not ever seen either one, GG's or Fastmongrel's. Both very interesting.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[GrauGeist]

If I remember right, these are stills from a film crew documenting the battle of Kursk, 1943.

There's a few other shots of the same scene out there, here's two of them:

 

[Wayne Little]

great shots Guys.

 

[fubar57]

Caption says "The thirty-six men needed to fly and service a B-17E in 1942"

Geo

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[fastmongrel]

Sergeants E R Thorn (pilot, left) and F J Barker (air gunner) pose with their Defiant after claiming their 13th Axis aircraft; Thorn and Barker were the most successful Defiant crew of the war

 

[cmdunk]

My turn to add a photo.

B-17G Flying Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Squadron are joined by a damaged P-38J Lightning fighter on the return from a mission to Ploesti, Romania, 10 Jun 1944. Note the feathered engine on the P-38 with oil stains covering the engine cowling.

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238069 'Big Widget' Assigned 25 Jan 44. MIA Odertal 22 Aug 44 on its 67th mission. Attacked by fighters, plan exploded. Crashed near Sarvar. Charles Duncan crew, Bogie, Clark, Cazier, VanDenplas, Levine, Rodriques, Wentzel, Tomasik, Willett. Tomasik, Willett KIA, rest POW. Aircraft Assigned

Many more photos, World War II Pictures and WWII planes

Not sure how to post here so forgive me if it's wrong. Love the picture. My father was the pilot of Big Widget when it was shot down Aug 22.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Not too bad for a "failed" aircraft.

 

[nuuumannn]

A Mitsubishi L3Y Type 96

Better known as the G3M 'Nell' to the Allies, this is one of the lesser remembered early 'modern' bombers, but was quite the performer of her day, having exceptional speed and range for an aircraft of its class. Its most notable action was partaking in the sinking of the Repulse and Prince of Wales off Singapore in December 1941.

Not too bad for a "failed" aircraft.

Thorn and Barker were 264 Sqn stalwarts and partook in the big actions that squadron was involved in during the Battle of Britain, having claimed a number of aircraft, including Bf 109s, but this image was taken after the Defiant had gone solely anocturnal. Note Barker's mascot in the turret and the 'PS' lettering of 264 Sqn. This was also the last of 13 night fighter units to relinquish the turret fighter in the frontline role. The first and last.

Now, Dave, you know I'm gonna say sumpthin'

 

[N4521U]

My first GB was a Bolten Paul Defiant.
The two crew lasted maybe 10 minutes on their first Mission.