Picture of the day. (2 Viewers)

[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

75 years ago today, one of the more iconic images of the war in the Pacific. was taken.

March 19 1945. The USS Franklin is hit by two Japanese bombs and gets ripped apart by fires and exploding ordinance.

 

[Hardlydank]

1 of 2 of the stripped-down G4Ms carrying the surrender delegation lands at Iejima (19 Aug, '45). Photo by Jim Walker

 

[Tieleader]

1 of 2 of the stripped-down G4Ms carrying the surrender delegation lands at Iejima (19 Aug, '45). Photo by Jim Walker
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Looks really retouched. The wheels aren't even round!

 

[Hardlydank]

can confirm G4M wheels are round

 

[jetcal1]

Here is a close up of the G4M Wheel

 

[Hardlydank]

I knew it.

 

[Snautzer01]

AK Kettenfahrzeuge im Wasser, Unsere Wehrmacht | eBay

You need to learn to read the f***-ing map Gunther..

 

[Hardlydank]

Achtung Stuka! Ju 87s in Greece (1941)

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[michaelmaltby]

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Surrendering German soldiers throw their weapons onto a pile as they reach a POW collection point, Germany. March 1945. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

USMC M4A3R3 fire tank on Iwo Jima, March 1945. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

German soldiers cross a ruined bridge over the Elbe to reach the Western Allies' front lines in order to surrender. March 1945. No photo credit available.

 

[syscom3]

Sage advice for a P-47 rookie pilot.

 

[Snautzer01]

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Must be a real action picture. Fuses from stiel granate are visiable.

 

[syscom3]

A WASP poses in the cockpit of the aircraft she will be flying.

 

[Hardlydank]

Hs123 with full bombload: 1 250 and 4 50kg

 

[Airframes]

Agree re Post ~16,130.
Apart from the fuse pull cords ready on the grenades, note the muzzle blast from the MG34 on the earth bank in front of the position, and the empty cases.

 

[Snautzer01]

Pressefoto 2. Wk Rote Armee Südfront 11 | eBay