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[Snautzer01]

PK-Frontbreichterstatter Aufnahmen | eBay

Rommel visiting Atlantic wall

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Hardlydank]

MC.200s on the eastern front

 

[syscom3]

A B24 is loaded up with bombs. 1000 pounders perhaps?

 

[Tieleader]

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Jeep from the 305th Combat Engineer Battalion of the U.S. 80th Infantry Division.

How do we know that co driver isn't a german spy?

 

[Tieleader]

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Australian soldier Corporal Bill McDonnell returns to base after completing a fighting patrol on Komiatum Ridge, New Guinea, 1943>

Just happy to still be alive I think !

 

[Tieleader]

USAAF Boeing B-17s of the 398th Bomb Group over Halle, Germany, 31 March 1945.

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Any idea as to why to variations in ID codes?

 

[michaelmaltby]

::... Just happy to still be alive I think !"
and not consumed by any devils of guilt.
Great character in that face.

 

[syscom3]

Any idea as to why to variations in ID codes?

What do you mean? Looks to me they are all from the same group.

 

[at6]

What do you mean? Looks to me they are all from the same group.

I think he means the variations in the fuselage call signs.

 

[Snautzer01]

1940 Press Photo Turkish soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, Ankara, Turkey | eBay

 

[Dana Bell]

Any idea as to why to variations in ID codes?

Hi Tieleader,

There are two notable variations in those fuselage codes. I suspect you're already aware that the first two characters of the codes denote the squadron in the group. For the 398th BG (triangle-W) that was 600 BS - N8; 601 BS - 3O; 602 BS - K8; and 603 BS - N7.

The second variation is the position on the fuselage, which is what I suspect you're asking about. On these B-17Gs the right side waist gunner windows were staggered so that the gunners wouldn't bump each other while tracking targets. This left less room on the right side for the squadron codes, so many groups began moving the squadron codes forward beside the individual aircraft letter. On 3O*S the letter O is actually covering the crew access door; on 3O*O all three characters have been moved together.

I hope this answers your question...

Cheers,



Dana

 

[syscom3]

I think he means the variations in the fuselage call signs.

Those are squadron codes. I'd have to research them but they are all assigned to the group. There would be three codes per group.

 

[Hardlydank]

Bf 109 F-4 of Hans Joachim Marseille aka 'Star of Africa.' The F-4 had 2 .30 cals and a 2cm cannon with optional pair of 2cm gunpods

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

B-24 "The Chambermaid" crashland at Saipan after Iwo Jima raid Sep 44, crew minor injuries. Every time a B24 belly landed, it crumpled up like a cheap beer can.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

B-24 "The Chambermaid" crashland at Saipan after Iwo Jima raid Sep 44, crew minor injuries. Every time a B24 belly landed, it crumpled up like a cheap beer can.

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I have seen b-24 crashed but not crumpled. Indeed more not.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[syscom3]

U.S. Navy FM-2 Wildcat code '1' of composite squadron VC-79 on board Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83), off Okinawa on 2 April 1945.