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[Hardlydank]

CR.42 Ground attack version with 50 or 100kg bombs (I think?) in Africa
If anyone knows what bomb it is plz say so. It doesn't really have the profile of either of those. I've read that a 100kg was the 'overload' capacity on a CR.42 bomb rack so that limits it down. WW2 Equipment Data: Italian Explosive Ordnance - Bombs (Part 2), Datasheet bombe - WAR THUNDER ITALIAN TECH TREE INTERNATIONAL

 

[at6]

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Stop!!!! I have to poop!!!!

 

[syscom3]

P-47 gun bore sighting in progress.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

P-47 gun bore sighting in progress.

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Guy in cockpit, "Hmmmm, I wonder what this button does?"

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 August 1944. https://wrhstol.com/39h0fOE

 

[Capt. Vick]

My she is beamy, isn't she?

 

[Snautzer01]

Original WWII 4x5 Photo AAF 8th AIR FORCE PILOTS & WACs WAACs VICTORY ENGLAND 49 | eBay

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Hardlydank]

Edit: 42-37781 / Silver Dollar | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies

 

[syscom3]

USAAF North American P-51D Mustangs of the 531st Fighter Squadron lined up at South Field, Iwo Jima, March 25, 1945.

 

[Tieleader]

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Is this real? Never seen this one before.

 

[Hardlydank]

Is this real? Never seen this one before.

42-37781 / Silver Dollar | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies

 

[Tieleader]

42-37781 / Silver Dollar | B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies

Well,damn. Live and learn. Thanks!

 

[TheMadPenguin]

DVD scans WW2 Photo album US Oil Tankers converted to ship planes & tracks to GB | eBay

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Top photo: Are those Douglas BD Havocs?

 

[Snautzer01]

Yes, think so.

 

[Zippythehog]

Is this real? Never seen this one before.

What do you mean? It's a B-17G with the tailfeathers gone. I believe this is a single frame from a wartime reel. Without an empennage the pitch is uncontrollable. It will tumble, nosedown first.

 

[Tieleader]

What do you mean? It's a B-17G with the tailfeathers gone. I believe this is a single frame from a wartime reel. Without an empennage the pitch is uncontrollable. It will tumble, nosedown first.

I know end results of such damage. I meant could this have been an edit or really good/vintaged gameplay. Don't believe every picture you see as authentic, especially with today's tech capabilities...

 

[tyrodtom]

I know end results of such damage. I meant could this have been an edit or really good/vintaged gameplay. Don't believe every picture you see as authentic, especially with today's tech capabilities...

I've seen that picture many years ago, way before video games and photoshop.
Maybe as far back as the 50's or 60's.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Hardlydank]

Very rare variant of the CR.42. The 2 seat trainer CR.42b 'Biposto.' About 40 were made out of 1819 CR.42s total. The presence of that plane in the background makes me think this is postwar.