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syscom3 said:

SBD Dauntless versus house. The tiled roof, ocean and hills in the back makes me think this is in the San Diego area.

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Navigation skills are pretty good to. It looks like its the only house for miles, and he hit it bang on.

 

• May 10, 2020

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VINTAGE WORLD WAR 2 original art ,MOROCCO GERMANY,USA ITEMS restricted items | eBay

 

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1942 Press Photo Capt. Marion Carl with his plane in Guadalcanal, Solomon Isl. | eBay

 

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HMS Rodney underway off Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, 4 May 1942. Imperial War Museum.

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Snautzer01 said:

Is that a svt-40 rifle?

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Seems yes it is. I heard that it was rather appreciated by germans.

 

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By the way its the BT-7 cruise tank. I've never heard that germans used them somehow.

 

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They did. Quite a few soviet tanks got new owners like this t34. I.g.

Ebay heavy Iron (Tanks Guns Ships)
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Or french Ebay heavy Iron (Tanks Guns Ships)


Go through that thread and you will see soviet french english and american tanks with new management.

 

• May 10, 2020

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Marine PBJ bombers in flight near Emirau Island, likely 1944. SW Pacific.

 

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I hope the cannon shell didn't penetrate! Even if not, if the gunner was in there, imagine his surprise to see his window shatter in front of him.

 

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WWP
wehrmacht soldiers and Hiwi of Grenadier Regiment 460 Eastern Front

 

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Grumman XF8F-1 Bearcat near Patuxent River, Maryland, 10 May 1945. Possibly the best dogfighter developed by the U.S. in the war, it arrives just a little too late to see combat in the Pacific.

 

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A U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat is launched from the deck of the escort carrier USS Block Island off Okinawa on 10 May 1945. Note white painted radome.

 

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Sikorsky JRS-1 flying boat aircraft at Langley, Virginia, United States, 10 May 1945.

 

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One of six German armoured trains used during the invasion of the Netherlands. This one crashed into a Dutch "asparagus obstacle" at Mill, May 1940. No photo credit available.

 

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US Army radioman Corporal John Robbins operating his SCR 188, Dobodura, New Guinea, 9 May 1943 ww2dbasePhotographer ; Harold Newman Source ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps

 

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RAF Sergeant-Pilot Smith after returning to USS Wasp upon accidentally losing his drop tank on launch, 9 May 1942; Photographer; Leslie Elliott Source;The Elliott Family

 

• May 11, 2020

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syscom3 said:

I hope the cannon shell didn't penetrate! Even if not, if the gunner was in there, imagine his surprise to see his window shatter in front of him.

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What are the two things on the sides, towards the bottom? Some kind of field mod having to do with getting rid of the spent brass? Never saw that before.

 

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SBD Dauntless of VB-8, USS Hornet