Picture of the day.

[michaelmaltby]

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[Airframes]

"You know Hans, I still think this is going a bit far, just to knock down that little wall !"

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

The Boeing XF8B (Model 400) was a single-engine multi-purpose fighter that never advanced beyond the prototype stage. First flew in 1944, it was cancelled shortly as the war ended. The engine was an R-4600. The performance stats were impressive for the time.

 

[syscom3]

No its not a snowy airfield. But blindingly white packed coral. TBM-1C Avengers, F6F Hellcats, and SB2C Helldivers of Navy Carrier Air Group 18 from USS Intrepid (CV-11) at Peleliu, November 27, 1944.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[michaelmaltby]

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[rochie]

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Terry's Para course, Weston on the green !

 

[swampyankee]

Nanjing aftermath

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade in western Europe, 2 November 1944. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Start of the German ballistic missile V-2 (V-2) from the launch pad number 7 range Peenemunde. October 3, 1942. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Members of the 'Hagakure-Tai' , a kamikaze division of the 244th Sentai, pose for a group photo at Chofu airfield, Tokyo, November 1944. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

An F6F-5 of VF-82 traps aboard USS Essex (CV-9), 1945

Source: usaac-official

 

[syscom3]

WASP pilot Ruth Dailey climbing into a Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft, 28 November 1944. We couldn't have won the war without the woman building the planes and flying them to the depots.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Snautzer01]

N28 Vintage Photo 3x4 US Navy WWII Airplane on Carrier Shot Up F2H Banshee #2 | eBay

 

[michaelmaltby]

... as far as I am concerned, and in regards to this wonderful thread, , the Korean Peace Keeping Action ( the US has not declared WAR since December 7, 1941) was simply a WW2 Asian Front action that was, nonetheless, monumental war, by the standards of the German-Russian war and the Pacific campaign US-Japan: eg ... the Marines at Chosin Reservoir, the naval close air suppirt, Mig Alley battles and the B-29 raids, day then night etc. etc.

Korea was a taste of what was yet to come ... public rejection of war .... denial to the military of 'best options' by the politicians ... impeachment ... Harry Truman was crucified for firing MacArthur and suffered the same kind of abuse that Trump endures. The Republicans moved to impeach the President.

History has vindicated Harry Truman, IMO .... he made hard decisions and never lost faith in himself.

Let's include Korea more often on this thread .... it should be celebrated as the Final Act .... of WW2.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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... a grunt's work is never done.